At 11 a.m. on May 31, carrying 100 TEUs, the X8020 Yiwu-Xinjiang-Europe Express (YXEE) headed from Yiwu West Railway Station to Madrid, the capital of Spain. The train is operated by the Yiwu platform and is the 620th China-Europe Railway Express (CRE) this year.

“The export business of China-Europe freight trains represented by our company this year has increased by more than 180% over the same period last year, and imports have increased by more than 100 times over the same period last year,” said Wang Bin, the spokesperson who specializes in the customs declaration agency business of the CRE in Yiwu. He continued, “This year’s exports of high-value-added products such as machinery and equipment and liquid crystal panels have increased significantly.”

According to customs statistics, the total import and export value of the CRE through the YXEE from January to April this year reached 14.95 billion RMB, a year-over-year increase of 289.23%. The exports counted for 10.98 bn RMB, a year-over-year increase of 185.87%, and the imports valued at 3.97 bn RMB, a year-over-year increase of 113 times. Both import and export trade have been showing upward trends. The main import and export commodities include mechanical and electrical products, labor-intensive products, textiles, clothing, and other consumer products. (By Wu Fengyu, translated by Zhang Jiajia, edited by Kendra Fiddler)