A special cold-chain freight train loaded with 10 TEUs of agricultural products pulled out from the Huaihua West Marshalling Station on December 2. The train will run southward along the Jiaozuo-Liuzhou Railway, and leave the Pingxiang Railway Port on the China-Vietnam border in Guangxi for Hanoi's Yen Vien Station.

This is the first Huaihua-Yen Vien cold-chain freight train for agricultural product export on the China-Vietnam Railway. Upon arrival, these products will be allocated and transferred to the markets in Yen Vien and surrounding areas. 

Onions have entered the harvest season in the northwestern regions of China recently. This cold-chain train was loaded with 106 tonnes of purple onions from Jinchang, Gansu Province, worth 500,000 CNY. These onions will be transported by road to the refrigerated warehouse at the Huaihua International Land Port Intelligent Cold-chain Digital Logistics Center, and then loaded onto the freight train with refrigerated containers. To ensure freshness of the onions, the frigerated containers will be set to a steady temperature of 7 degree Celsius. Beyond that, the cold-chain train features high speed, large load capacity, and smooth operation, which can shorten the transportation time and reduce wastage of the products.

According to the Vietnam customs data, between this January and September, China's fruits and vegetables have captured a 42% share of the Vietnam market. China has become the largest fruit and vegetable supplier to Vietnam, with the onion supply accounting for about 27% in the Vietnam market. With competitive prices and steady logistics and supply, the onions imported from China can satisfy the market demands of Southeast Asian countries. The launching of this cold-chain freight train provides a new logistics option for the agricultural product trade of the central and western regions of China, Vietnam, as well as Southeast Asian countries.

As of now, the Huaihua International Land Port has launched five international cold-chain freight train routes.

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

责编：王柯沣

一审：王柯沣

二审：唐煜斯

三审：秦慧英

来源：湖南省政府门户网