STORY: More cargo pass through China's border port in Jan-Feb
SHOOTING TIME: March 26, 2024
DATELINE: March 27, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:20
LOCATION: HORGOS, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Horgos port
2. various of cargo
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIANG HAO, Manager of a local freight forwarding company

STORYLINE:

According to statistics from Horgos Customs, in January and February of this year, the import and export cargo volume at the Horgos Port in NW China's Xinjiang amounted to 6.906 million tons, marking a year-on-year increase of 35.6 percent. 

The export cargo volume exceeded one million tonnes, showing an increase of more than 50 percent, while the import cargo volume approached 6 million tonnes, registering an increase of more than 30 percent.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIANG HAO, Manager of a local freight forwarding company
"There are various methods for outbound cargo available to us, including local customs declaration, integrated declaration, among others. These options make us very optimistic about the prospects for future development. Since the beginning of this year, our company has exported more than 2,000 commercial vehicles through highway ports, with a trade volume exceeding 400 million yuan (55.34 million U.S. dollars)."
   
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Horgos, China.
(XHTV)