Chancay, Peru - November 14, 2024 Peru's newly-opened Chancay Port is expected to play a vital role in promoting trade between South America and Asia, according to Peruvian and Chinese experts. An opening ceremony was held for the port on Thursday, after which the transportation time of goods exported from South America to the Asian market will be shortened to between 25 and 35 days, reducing logistics costs by more than 20 percent. China's financial hub Shanghai is expected to welcome more goods from South America. And from Shanghai, these products will be shipped throughout Asia, including Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries. On the sidelines of the ceremony, Peruvian and Chinese guests shared their expectations on the port. Shotlist: Chancay, Peru - Nov 14, 2024: 1. Performance at the opening ceremony of Chancay Port; 2. Various of cargo ships, containers, trucks; 3. Various of guests attending opening ceremony; 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ysabel Zea, co-founder, Warmpaca (starting with shot 3): "Now with the new port of Chancay, many opportunities are going to come. It's going to be easier for us to bring our products here to Chancay and then to Shanghai."; 5. National flags of China, Peru, in front of containers; 6. Various of cargo ships, containers, container being unloaded from ship to truck; 7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wu Meng, head, Department of International Cooperation, China Council for The Promotion of International Trade: "Chinese electric vehicles, lithium batteries and photovoltaic products are the 'three emerging products'. Take Chinese new energy vehicles (NEVs) as an example. One of the four berths is designated for automobiles. So the port will greatly facilitate the export of China's 'three emerging products'."; 8. Aerial shots of Chancay Port. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]