Since the beginning of 2024, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan transport corridor has shown impressive results, recording 100 freight train departures, an increase of 103.94% compared to last year, reported Xinhua News Agency, citing the Urumqi division of the China Railway Corporation.
This multimodal transport corridor is an important logistics artery passing through China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, involving mixed freight transport via both highways and railways. The route starts from the Kashgar North Station in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwest China. Containers are transported by rail to this station and then continue by road through the Irkeshtam border crossing into Kyrgyzstan, eventually reaching other countries in the region.
The growth in trade cooperation between China and the countries of Western and Central Asia is especially evident within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative. In 2024, the volume of goods transported by rail to Kashgar for transit significantly increased, exceeding 100,000 tons, which is 53,300 tons more than last year.
The "China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan" multimodal transport corridor was launched in 2020, and since then, the number of freight train departures from various regions of China, such as the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and the provinces of Sichuan and Jiangsu, has been steadily growing. Initially, the route transported over 30 types of goods, such as clothing and metal tools. Currently, the range of transported goods has expanded to more than 300 types, including new energy vehicles and spare parts.
CentralasianLIGHT.org
August 2, 2024