China’s Xinjiang sees surging cross-border e-commerce trade


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Urumqi customs in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region cleared nearly 25.2 million cross-border e-commerce lists worth $106 million from January to August, up 370 percent and 390 percent respectively year on year. The Alataw Pass, a major rail port at the China-Kazakhstan border in Xinjiang, has shown great market potential in cross-border e-commerce trade since the business was launched in January. So far, the port has handled 22 freight train routes loading over 200 varieties of goods, radiating to 13 countries, including Germany, Belgium, and Russia, according to Urumqi customs. The China-Europe freight trains can carry the e-commerce parcels...