Reporters learned from Kunming Customs on the 13th that in the first seven months of this year, the value of imports and exports via the China Laos railway was 20.11 billion yuan, up 29.9% year on year.

According to the statistics of Kunming Customs, in the first seven months of this year, the import of ASEAN tropical fruits via the China Laos railway was 4.92 billion yuan, up 14.9% year on year, the export of new energy vehicles, photovoltaic products and other "new three types" was 2.31 billion yuan, up 306.2% year on year, and the value of cross-border e-commerce B2B exports increased 1.5 times year on year. Among them, 158000 tons of durian were imported, a year-on-year increase of 25.6%. Relying on the "golden channel" of the China Laos Railway, the two-way trade pattern of "China's smart manufacturing goes south and Southeast Asia's specialty goes north" is accelerating to take shape.

Kunming Customs has promoted the Silk Road Initiative of the "the Belt and Road", constantly improved the level of customs clearance facilitation at railway ports, implemented "early declaration", "railway express" and other convenient measures. With the help of large container inspection systems, 5G intelligent individuals, automated guided transport vehicles and other intelligent supervision and inspection equipment, the efficiency of customs clearance supervision has been greatly improved, and fully guaranteed the efficient operation of the "Lancang Mekong Express", "China Laos Railway+China Europe Train" international freight trains, and continued to release the cross-border logistics efficiency of China Laos Railway.

As of August 10, since its opening to traffic in 2021, the cumulative value of cross-border goods transported by the China Laos Railway has exceeded 94 billion yuan. (Outlook New Era)