BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 15. A new rail freight route from China's eastern province of Jiangsu through Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan began operating over the weekend, Trend reports via Uzbek media outlets.
The final destination of the train with more than 1,000 tons of goods, including household appliances and auto parts, with a total value of $4.4 million in Uzbekistan, where the cargo is expected to be delivered within 20 days.
The freight train will pass through the seaport of Lianyungang (China). According to the Chairman of the Association of Foreign Trade Enterprises of Jiangsu Province Huang Hongliang, the new route takes full advantage of the logistics freight traffic from Lianyungang to Central Asia.