Marina Grande in China joined hands to accelerate wood import
on July 2, 2021, with a loud whistle, a train from Zhangjiagang, loaded with imported timber, slowly drove into Ganzhou International Port.
Located in Nankang, the capital of solid wood furniture, Ganzhou International Port is not only one of the cold chain logistics industrial parks of China **, but also shoulders the task of the only import timber through the port in inland China.
Throughout 2020, Ganzhou International Port achieved the railway transportation throughput of 186000-gauge boxes, the operation of the "three identical" train of iron and Sea Union transportation, and the Transportation Performance of 238 Central European train, among them, timber occupies most of the transportation tasks.
According to Guo-Zhu Liu, the head of the industrial service center of the Hong Kong Administrative Committee, "We mainly import hardwood from America, Africa and other places, rubber wood from Southeast Asia and other places, and pine imported from Europe, Finland and other countries. Imported timber is processed into furniture in Nankang and sold to all parts of the country, Europe, Central Asia and other countries."
most domestic ports involving timber transportation have reached the "hand in hand" of ports and ports. At present, they have achieved cooperation with Suzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Manzhouli, horgos and other coastal border ports are interconnected, realizing multi-port and multi-variety operations.
Since the start of the new Crown epidemic, the global shipping cost has increased and the channel has been blocked, which has made many timber suppliers and buyers turn their eyes to the Central European transport channel.
Especially since September 2020, the first timber train between Jiangxi International Port and Zhangjiagang arrived in Hong Kong, opening up intake vent of African timber and accelerating the distribution of imported timber in dry ports. From January to June this year, 145 Central European class columns have been opened, and 300 columns are expected to be completed this year. Through the cooperation with Zhangjiagang, a traditional port for importing African materials, the domestic distribution efficiency of importing African materials has been greatly improved. The joint cooperation between Hong Kong and Hong Kong has also made Zhangjiagang one of the important timber supply bases for Nankang furniture industry.
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the cooperation of domestic ports has opened up the logistics channel of Timber Transportation, attracted the accumulation of imported timber and then distributed it to the whole country, welcomed the accumulation of various importers and traders, and cultivated a high-quality timber trading and distribution port economy.
The construction and operation of combined port greatly reduces the customs declaration cost, capital cost and time cost of import and export enterprises, and reduces the stay time of cargo port.
For domestic timber distributors and downstream timber buyers, the procurement cost is reduced, and the export cost is reduced a lot.
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