China-Europe freight train takes New Year's goods to Xi'an

The first China-Europe freight train carrying New Year's goods in 2023 arrived in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, on Jan 13.

The train was loaded with 1,300 metric tons of flour imported from Kazakhstan by Xi'an Aiju Grain and Oil Industrial Group.

The service operator, China Railway Xi'an Group Co, has increased communications and its contacts with the people's livelihood guarantee and supply enterprises to ensure that Spring Festival goods are given priority for unloading and transshipments.

In recent years, with the continuous expansion of freight train routes, more and more overseas goods have come to China by rail, which has become a top shopping choice for Xi'an's locals.

To prepare for the grain market supply during the Spring Festival, Xi'an Aiju Grain and Oil Industrial Group estimated market demand in advance and coordinated with its three major domestic and overseas parks to focus on flour, rapeseed oil and starch, to guarantee market supplies.

In addition, two trains carrying more than 2,000 tons of soybeans and one train carrying flour will arrive in Xi'an and these goods will be transshipped across the country.