STORY: China-Mongolia highway port handles over 10 mln tonnes of goods in 2024
SHOOTING TIME: April 2, 2024
DATELINE: April 4, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:01
LOCATION: HOHHOT, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

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1. various of Ganqmod Port

STORYLINE:

The total volume of goods handled by Ganqmod Port, the largest highway port on the China-Mongolia border, has surpassed 10 million tonnes so far in 2024, the port administration said on Wednesday.
   
As of 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, the port in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region had handled nearly 10.06 million tonnes of goods this year, up 24.72 percent year on year, hitting a record high.
   
Ganqmod Port ranks first among the highway ports on the China-Mongolia border regarding goods volume, and reached the 10-million-tonne mark earlier than in 2023.
   
According to the port's management committee, imports of coal totaled 9.78 million tonnes, marking a 25.13 percent increase on the previous year. Imports of copper concentrate amounted to 224,700 tonnes, reflecting a 9.58 percent year-on-year increase. Additionally, exports of goods totaled 49,300 tonnes, indicating a 22.53 percent increase year on year.
   
Ganqmod Port is a major energy import channel for the country and an important hub in the China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor. 

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hohhot, China.
(XHTV)