This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative proposed by China. Recently, Central China's Henan province opened a new channel for further participating in the construction of the Belt and Road. About 10 pm on October 8, two TIR trucks carrying Chinese tea leaves from Henan province arrived in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, marking the successful launch of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan TIR freight route.
A China-Europe freight train linking Henan with Moscow. [Photo/Henan Daily]
On March 27, a TIR truck with a Henan license plate finished its first round trip between Moscow of Russia and Zhengzhou of Henan province, marking the first-time realization of two-way TIR transports in China.
The TIR is a global convenient customs clearance system forcross-border e-commerce cargo transportation, based on the International Road Transportation Convention. According to Liu Bin, head of the Logistics Monitoring Section of Xinzheng Customs, "Vehicles under the TIR agreement will receive one-stop transportation service without any requirement forcargo unloading or reloading throughout the journey. Enjoying exemption from unpacking inspection as well as tax and custom deposit, cargo with correct TIR certifications and intact customs seals could go through customs directly. Besides, the TIR agreement could help cut the transportation costs by 38 percent and save transportation time by 58 percent. Being flexible in transportation and convenient in cargo handling, the TIR system realizes one-stop and door-to-door cargo freight service."
The further development of TIR in Henan will make the logistics of Central China's foreign trade more smooth. Henan will not only increase the frequency and number of trucks on the existing base, but open new TIR routes to Laos and Belarus. (Chinese source: Henan Daily Reporter: Sun Jing Translator: Zhao Hanqing & Yang Jiaxin Poster: Hu Hanze Proofreader: Ding Lan)
