New land-sea trade route cuts Brazil´s meat export time to China by 20 days

According to the company that operates the International Land-Maritime Corridor, about 84 tons of frozen Brazilian beef arrived in the Chongqing Municipality, in southwest China, through this corridor on August 11.  It was the first time that the Chinese municipality imported frozen Brazilian beef via the corridor, which can greatly reduce the logistics time involved in the trade of meat products between the two countries.

According to the company’s president, Wang Yupei, it took 48 days for the meat to reach the municipality, about 20 days less compared to traditional cargo routes. Meat products will be imported regularly into Chongqing in the future. Imported shipments will enter neighboring markets through the city’s railroad, highway, and other logistics channels.

The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor is a commercial and logistics gateway built jointly by Chinese provincial regions and the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), including Singapore. The corridor currently connects 234 ports in 92 countries and regions.

Chongqing is the operational center of the corridor. Goods from provinces and regions in western China are first transported to the Gulf of Beibu, in the Zhuang Autonomous Region of Guangxi, southern China, before being shipped to other parts of the world along sea routes.

In total, 1,966 freight trains have traveled the corridor’s rail-sea transit route between September 2017 and June 30 this year.

Source: Xinhua Agency

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