"New Silk Road" Yiwu Starts Small Commodities Strong March Into Central Asia

Here world clothing shoes The Xiaobian of the hat net introduces Yiwu, Central Asia and new silk road.

A few days ago, the goods imported from the first pass through the way of railway transit were transferred from Uzbekistan's "Samarkand" city, thousands of miles away, to Xinjiang's Alashankou port after the transfer to the domestic train, and came to the end of the "New Silk Road" - Zhejiang Yiwu.

"Railway transshipment business was available last year, but all goods were exported from Yiwu to Central Asia. For the first time today, there was a return trip." Yiwu customs supervision section chief Yin Ben introduced.

Last the third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, we made clear that we should promote the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the maritime Silk Road and form a new pattern of all-round opening up. As an important fulcrum of the new Silk Road, Yiwu opened a new gateway to railway clearance in April last year, and opened the door to the five Central Asian countries. Over the past year, more and more Zhejiang manufacturers have embarked on the new Silk Road, enjoying the resulting logistics convenience and cost reduction.

According to data from Hangzhou customs, the amount of Yiwu commodities exported to five Central Asian countries last year amounted to US $67 million 230 thousand, an increase of 50.8% over the same period last year. Yiwu customs control of the five Central Asian countries has increased from 52 TEUs in 2012 to 618 TEUs last year, an increase of 1088% over the same period last year.

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Logistics time shortened by more than half

The goods are brass rods, and the importer is Yiwu LAN fan Import & Export Co., Ltd. The former manager of the company said that before importing these goods from Central Asia, he had to take the railway first, then take the sea route, and finally take the road to Yiwu. Procedures do not bother to say that time dragged too long, they are not willing to enter. This time I heard that Uzbekistan had passed the train to Yiwu, and tried to have a ticket in Yiwu customs. I never thought it would be very convenient. Not only did the time saved more than 20 days, but also the procedure was simplified.

Yin Ben, chief of customs supervision and clearance division of Yiwu, introduced the customs clearance mode of "territorial declaration and port inspection and release". Enterprises declare at customs Yiwu customs, check the goods at the Alashankou customs, and then wait for the goods at Yiwu.

In addition to imports, the new silk road will benefit more exports of Zhejiang's small commodities.

Because there is no export channel and exit to the sea, Yiwu's exports of small commodities to Central Asian countries are not smooth. The ancient Chinese tea and silk transported to Central Asian countries depended on the famous "Silk Road". The starting point was in Xi'an. Now, Yiwu has the largest wholesale market of small commodities in the world, and the silk road that has reached East and West is rising again. In order to get through the new silk road of small commodities, Yiwu customs and other departments have opened up a new way of "Railway Clearance": starting from the customs declaration of Yiwu, transporting them through Lanxin railway to the port of Alashankou, and then turning over to export abroad. In April 23rd last year, the "Railway Clearance" was formally approved by the higher authorities. In January this year, "Yixin Europe" (Yiwu Central Asian five countries) was launched as an international container special train. It is known as a green long dragon on the new silk road. It marks the completion of the international railway intermodal logistics corridor in Zhejiang and Yiwu directly to Central Asia.

According to Fang Xudong, deputy general manager of the railway operation Fang tianmeng Industrial Company, small commodities exported to five Central Asian countries, after completing the customs declaration in Yiwu, through the new mode of "Railway Clearance", they arrived at the Alashankou customs 7 days later. Generally 12 days ~16 days can appear in the supermarket of Almaty (the largest city in Central Asia, Kazakhstan's financial and Trade Center). This makes Yiwu's "global supermarket" more closely linked to Central Asian countries.

Before that, Yiwu's small commodities must be transported by road, exported to Ningbo and Shanghai, transported to the main ports in Russia by sea, and then transported to the Central Asian countries through the hinterland cities of Russia. "It takes almost 40 days to get to Moscow, and it takes about 50 days to get to Almaty. Logistics time is almost 2/3 saved. Fang Xudong said.

Exports increased by 50% last year.

Yiwu's small commodities go strong into Central Asia

The convenience of the substantial shortening of the logistics cycle immediately attracted traders who came to Yiwu to purchase.

Even if it was a rare "May Day" holiday, Liu Fengxian's phone was not idle. There are manufacturers here in Zhejiang, and there are traders in Central Asia. Most of the problems revolve around the new silk road.

"In the past year, many Central Asian traders who have left Yiwu for several years have returned and new traders have joined." Liu Fengxian has done more than 10 years of trade in Central Asia, and the cargo transported by Yiwu Pacific International Freight Forwarding Co. Ltd. is responsible for more than half of the total freight volume of Yiwu's new silk road.

At present, the living standard of the Central Asian countries and the mainland of China in the 90s of last century are in a period of rapid development. The light industry is lagging behind, and the demand for consumer goods is very large. Chinese products are very popular. Since the opening of the new Silk Road, more and more buyers have chosen this line to export goods to five Central Asian countries.

On this line, at present, the Pacific International Freight Forwarder sends about 200 standard containers per month, mainly for daily necessities, such as pots, pans and pans. clothes , Shoes and Hats Toys and so on. Across Yiwu, the volume of freight to Central Asia is increasing every month: at the peak of last year, there were 150 container containers in one month, and more than 350 in April this year.

Besides the shortening of freight time, the related logistics cost is also reduced. Fang Xudong said that through Ningbo's shipping plus Russia's inland transportation, the freight cost of a container standard box from Yiwu to Almaty is about 5~6 million yuan, and the cost of passing the railway directly to the Alashankou to Almaty is about 30 thousand yuan, with a maximum savings of about 40%. According to Liu Fengxian's calculation, the average cost of logistics is reduced by 20~30%.

The decrease of logistics cost in turn has improved the competitiveness of Yiwu's small commodities in Central Asian countries. Yiwu toy association related personage introduction, Yiwu exports to Central Asian countries toys, basically in the low-end products. A container saves 20 thousand yuan in logistics costs, which reduces the retail price of single products and directly increases the sales volume of local goods in Yiwu. "For us, the better the route of small commodities, the better the time, the shorter the cost, the better the cost."

According to data from Hangzhou customs, the amount of Yiwu commodities exported to five Central Asian countries last year amounted to US $67 million 230 thousand, an increase of 50.8% over the same period last year. Yiwu customs control of the five Central Asian countries has increased from 52 TEUs in 2012 to 618 TEUs last year, an increase of 1088% over the same period last year. In the words of the industry, Yiwu's small commodities have achieved "Leaping" development in the export of Central Asia through the new silk road.

The new silk road not only has "wings" for Yiwu's local commodity exports, but also attracts enterprises from neighboring Yongkang, Dongyang, Lanxi, Jinhua, Huzhou and other places to come to Yiwu to declare their exports. Enterprises with import demand also want to take advantage of the new silk road.

A large Lanxi Garment factory The purchasing director has been busy with Liu Fengxian recently. The amount of cotton yarn imported from stanzstein, Uzbekistan, is about 5000 tons per month. It can not reach Yiwu before. It will take at least more than 40 days to get there from there. It will take more than more than 40 days to catch up with extreme weather, and now we can get to Yiwu from there. "Especially in the peak season of production, raw materials come to the market one day earlier, and production takes place sooner or later."