133,000 fresh-cut flowers transported from Henan to Moscow

Source: dahe.cn | 2024-07-09 23:22

At 12:37 p.m. on July 8, a TIR truck loaded with 23 varieties of 133,000 fresh-cut flowers, such as roses, lilies, carnations and sunflowers, departed from Zhengzhou Xinzheng Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone, Central China's Henan province, heading to Moscow, Russia.

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"Weighingapproximately 10 tonsand valued at 372,000yuan, the cargo is expected to reach its destination within 10 days,travelingabout 10thousandkilometers," said Guo Lichao, head of the Port Management Bureau of Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone, "marking the first TIR cold-chain export service of Henan and the first TIR transport business of fresh-cut flowers in China".

Fresh-cut flowers have very high requirements fortransportation conditions and efficiency. Previously, most Chinese exports of fresh-cut flowers to Russia were undertaken by air.

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"To ensure the quality of fresh-cut flowers, we use advanced refrigerated vehicles with temperature controlled between 2 to 6 degrees Celsius throughout the wholejourney." According to Sun Yuanfeng, head of Zhejiang Sanshun Logistics Technology Co., Ltd. Undertaking this transport mission, compared to air transport, TIR transport costs have decreased by over 60 percent, making the prices of Chinese fresh-cut flowers in Russia more affordable.

Advantages in transportation costs makes TIR a highly competitive platformfor exporting fresh-cut flowers.Traders from Fujian have reached a long-term export agreement with Zhejiang Sanshun Logistics Technology Co., Ltd. to export fresh-cut flowers to Russia at a frequency of three times/trucks per week. The annual export volume is expected to reach nearly 150 times/trucks, total value exceeding 50 million yuan.

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The TIR system is a global cross-border goods transit and customs clearance facilitation system based on the International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods. Vehicles with TIR certification can enjoyseamless cross-border transportation between TIR member countries under a single administrative document.So far, Henan has launched a total of 13 international highway transportation routes directly connecting Zhengzhou to Russia, Uzbekistan and three other countries, basically forming an international highway transportation network extending northwards, southwards, and westwards.

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"In the first half of this year, Zhengzhou Customs supervised 199 international highway vehicles with a cargo value of 270 million yuan, marking increases of 82.6percentand 87.6percentrespectively compared to the year of 2023.Specifically, there were 119 TIR vehicles with a cargo value of 110 million yuan, representing increases of 9.2 percent and 62.9 percent respectively compared to the year of 2023." Zhao Ming, head of Xinzheng Customs, told the reporter. (Chinese source: Henan Daily Reporter: Yang Ling and Zhao Tongzeng Translator: Yang Jiaxin Proofreader: Zhao Hanqing)