24.11.24

For the first time in the history of Azerbaijan-China trade relations, export cargo has been sent from Baku to China by rail, Report informs, citing Azerbaijan Railways (ADY).

The sending ceremony of the first export train was attended by high-level delegations from Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan railways, leadership of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route secretariat, as well as leading officials from China's Xi'an Chanba International Port Management Committee.

The first Baku-Xi'an export block train consists of 62 40-foot containers. This cargo will be delivered multimodally via Kazakhstan to Xi'an Port, one of China's largest dry ports. Within the project framework, it's planned to send a total of 15,000 tons, or 600 containers of export cargo to China via this route by the end of 2024.

Since the beginning of 2024, 280 container block trains have been sent from the People's Republic of China to Azerbaijan. By the end of this year, it's planned to receive over 300 container block trains from China along this route. For 2025, it's planned to increase the number of block trains more than threefold to 1,000.

https://report.az/en/infrastructure/first-azerbaijan-china-export-train-leaves-baku/