STORY: Freight throughput at China's Horgos Port exceeds 17 mln tonnes in Jan-May
SHOOTING TIME: June 25, 2024
DATELINE: June 26, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:02
LOCATION: HORGOS, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Horgos highway port
2. various of a China-Europe freight train in operation
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIANG HAO, Manager of Horgos Haocheng International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd.

STORYLINE:

The freight volume passing through the Horgos Port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region reached 17.518 million tonnes in the first five months of this year, an increase of 12 percent year-on-year, according to Horgos customs.

A total of 3,248 China-Europe (Central Asia) freight trains passed through Horgos Port during the period, marking a year-on-year increase of 1.9 percent.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIANG HAO, Manager of Horgos Haocheng International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd.
"The business environment at Horgos Port has been improving. In the first five months of this year, our company saw a significant increase in the export of goods such as vehicles and daily necessities, with a continuous rise in export activities and a more diverse range of export products. We plan to take advantage of the opportunity to further expand our export business this year."

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