Last year, Chengdu International Railway Port imported and exported nearly 9,000 complete vehicles. From January to February this year, the import and export orders for complete vehicles reached 27,000 units. This figure even exceeds the total import and export of complete vehicles in the past 8 years, which was more than 26,000 units.

Two months of orders are up 200% from last year's full year total. Why is the import and export of complete vehicles ushered in a blowout? How to continue to boost the growth of vehicle import and export in the next step?

Why blowout?

Domestic new energy vehicles sell well, and parallel imported vehicles are sold in bonded markets

Chengdu Railway Port, located in Chengdu International Railway Port, is the only railway freight-type national open port in Sichuan. Since being approved as a complete vehicle import port in February 2015, by the end of 2022, the cumulative total import and export of complete vehicles at Chengdu Railway Port has reached more than 26,000 units. Among them, there will be more than 4,000 units from 2019 to 2021, and 8,965 units in 2022.

Imported complete vehicles parked at Chengdu Railway Port  

'The order in the first two months of this year was 27,000 units, which has exceeded the total import and export volume in the past eight years.' The relevant person in charge pointed to the table and said excitedly. From the 'statistics of various dimensions' in the table, parallel imports of cars, Chinese Subdivided items such as the import of regular vehicles, the export of new energy vehicles and second-hand vehicles, and the export of large trade vehicles (new fuel vehicles) will all usher in a blowout growth this year.

In October last year, the China-Europe Railway Express started from Chengdu International Railway Port for the first time to open the export business of domestic new energy vehicles. At present, the normalized transportation of domestic new energy vehicles has been completed. 'The empowerment of channel construction has greatly improved the export of domestic new energy vehicles Growth provides transportation conditions.' The staff said that compared with sea transportation, railway transportation for the import and export of complete vehicles can also save time and reduce costs for enterprises, and more and more large trade vehicles and second-hand vehicles are exported to China.

China Europe Automobile City Showroom  

The industrial base is also one of the important reasons. In August last year, the first bonded car city in our province, the Sino-European Automobile City in Qingbaijiang District, Chengdu, was put into operation. More than 300 parallel imported car booths have been set up. At present, more than 20 car dealers, supporting service providers and other enterprises have settled in. According to Chen Youfu, the operator of China-Europe Automobile City and general manager of Chengdu Zhengye Jixiang Parallel Automobile Sales Co., Ltd., consumers can not only buy overseas models that are not available in China in China-Europe Automobile City, but also make personalized configurations. Relying on the bonded function of Chengdu International Railway Port Comprehensive Bonded Zone, China-Europe Automobile City has greatly reduced the capital occupation and cost of dealers, and also reduced operational risks. After the Automobile City was put into operation, the scale of Chengdu's complete vehicle imports has been further expanded, and parallel imported vehicles have also ushered in a substantial increase.' Chen Youfu said.

How does it help?

Expand the vehicle trade channel and build the western automobile import and export distribution center

On January 5, the Sichuan Vehicle Trade Global Tour (Middle East Station) was launched simultaneously in two venues, the Alwel Auto Trading Center in Dubai, UAE, and the China-Europe Automobile City in Qingbaijiang District, Chengdu. The person in charge of Chengdu Shijiu International Logistics Co., Ltd. attended the launching ceremony: 'The scene has witnessed the confidence and determination of our province to vigorously promote the vehicle trade and support enterprises to expand the market and grab orders.' The company will import 7,000 units of a International famous brand cars to Chengdu.

China Europe Automobile City Exhibition Hall

At present, the Sichuan Vehicle Trade Global Tour (Middle East Station) has brought 20,000 vehicle import and export orders to Chengdu International Railway Port. How to keep growing?

'We will continue to promote this global tour, and invite more vehicle trading companies to go to the world to carry out vehicle trade negotiations, display, exhibitions, and promotions.' The relevant person in charge said that Qingbaijiang District will accelerate the promotion of automobile consumption in the next step. Relying on the China-Europe Automobile City, we will speed up the construction of the Western Automobile Import and Export Distribution Center.

In terms of export, Chengdu International Railway Port will further improve the international trade channel for complete vehicles, focusing on expanding the export markets for complete vehicles in the Middle East, Europe, Central Asia, ASEAN and other places. 'In addition to the current China-Europe Express and China-Laos Express, the next step will be to open up the vehicle export channel of the Central Asia Express.' The relevant person in charge said that at the same time, the district will also speed up the construction of a government supervision information platform to strengthen Carry out traceability management on exported complete vehicles, and create an export brand made in Sichuan.

On January 19 this year, at the Chengdu Railway Port, Hongqi new energy vehicles to be exported

In terms of imports, Qingbaijiang District is speeding up the construction of parallel import vehicle testing laboratories and refit bases to facilitate enterprises to carry out parallel import and refit business, shorten the pre-sale preparation cycle, save business operating costs, and improve the Chengdu International Railway Port automobile supply chain.

In 2022, the trade volume of Sichuan's automobile manufacturing industry will be about 22 billion yuan, a growth rate that is nearly 15 percentage points higher than the growth rate of the province's foreign trade. Vehicle trading partners cover more than 160 countries and regions around the world, which is an important growth point for Sichuan's foreign trade.

The relevant person in charge of Qingbaijiang District of Chengdu City stated that it will speed up the construction of a complete vehicle industry chain integrating vehicle trade, vehicle logistics, display transactions and supply chain finance, create a highland for vehicle trade, and continue to enhance international consumer services and cargo organization capabilities , and strive to shape the competitive advantage with industrial characteristics, lead the consumption trend with brand innovation, and help the development and growth of the Sichuan automobile industry cluster.

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