The 'Air Silk Road' is getting busier. In the first quarter, the international cargo and mail volume at Zhengzhou Airport increased by 21.8% year-on-year
According to statistics from Zhengzhou Customs, in the first quarter of this year, the international cargo and mail volume under its supervision at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport reached 163200 tons, a year-on-year increase of 21.8%; Supervise 4850 inbound and outbound flights, a year-on-year increase of 11.8%.
At the West Cargo Station of Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport, boxes of high-end fashion clothing enter the customs supervised warehouse through security gates, ready to take Luxembourg Cargo Airlines to Europe. At present, the Zhengzhou Luxembourg "Air Silk Road" operates 8 intercontinental freight routes on a regular basis, connecting more than 200 cities in 24 countries, and building a network of "one point connecting three continents and one line connecting Europe and America" routes.
The Budapest route has increased from 4 flights per week in the initial signing period to 13 flights now, "said the relevant person in charge of Zhengzhou Airport Customs under Zhengzhou Customs. The customs has signed an "Inter Customs Cooperation Action Plan" with the Hungarian airport customs, and pilot enterprises can enjoy convenience such as priority inspection, reduced inspection rates, and mutual recognition of law enforcement. In the first quarter of this year, the cargo and mail volume on the Luxembourg route reached 33500 tons, accounting for 20.5% of the international cargo and mail volume at the port.
In the Zhengzhou Xinzheng Comprehensive Bonded Zone, the trucks of Zhengzhou Zhengtian Da Logistics Co., Ltd. are loaded with imported materials and quickly pass through the "zone port integration" intelligent checkpoint. Thanks to the regulatory model of "one tallying, one inspection, and one release", the time for goods to be delivered from landing on the plane to entering the warehouse has been significantly reduced, and logistics costs have been saved by half. For high-precision instruments, Zhengzhou Customs has tailored a "apron direct lifting" solution, reducing the number of operation steps from 6 to 3, with a total time of less than 10 hours, minimizing the losses caused by repeated loading and unloading on precision equipment.
Behind the increasingly dense air routes is the continuous strengthening of mechanism guarantees. Zhengzhou Customs has established a joint consultation and judgment mechanism with airports and ports, fully utilizing policies such as the fifth freedom rights, and supporting the continuous encryption of multiple routes such as Budapest, Li è ge, Miami, and Tashkent. Nowadays, the 1-hour aviation circle of Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport can radiate more than half of the country's total economic output, and the 2-hour aviation circle covers 92% of the country's population and 95% of its total economic output. Global cargo "overnight departure and morning arrival" has become the norm.
In response to the concerns of the people about the "tip of the tongue experience", Zhengzhou Airport Customs has established a collaborative guarantee mechanism for fresh goods, opened a "green channel" for imports, implemented "smart certification" and "conditional withdrawal", and achieved "immediate inspection upon arrival and release upon compliance". In the first quarter, the customs guaranteed a total of 1208 batches and 4550.77 tons of fresh food imports, with year-on-year growth of 80.03% and 21.91% respectively.