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Shanghai’s garments import from EU nearly doubles in Jan.-July

SHANGHAI, Aug. 24– Shanghai saw a nearly doubled growth in import of garments and accessories from the European Union (EU) in the first seven months of this year, according to Shanghai customs figures on Tuesday. From January to July, the import totaled 13.47 billion yuan (about 2.07 billion U.S. dollars), soaring 99.9 percent year on year, and nearly two times the export volume in the same period, which logged…

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Global Economic Recovery is Hindered by Poor Logistics, Which Rises Freight Rates

In the context of the progress of new crown vaccination and the increasingly active economic activities in developed countries, logistics congestion is becoming more and more serious. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun said on June 3 that in the United States, the indicator showing the delay in the arrival of manufacturing orders in May refreshed its high level since the 1970s. The report believes that if the situation where supply…

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China-Europe freight train trips grow in July

BEIJING, Aug. 13 — The total number of China-Europe freight train trips hit 1,352 in July, up 8 percent year on year, data from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. showed. This was the fifteenth straight month that trips made by China-Europe freight trains had exceeded 1,000, according to the company. In July alone, the freight trains transported 131,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit containers of goods, up 15 percent…

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WHO to test three new drugs for COVID-19 treatment

Aug. 11–The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday announced that it will test three new drugs for COVID-19, which will involve thousands of researchers at more than 600 hospitals in 52 countries. According to a press release issued by WHO on Wednesday, the three new drugs are artesunate, a treatment for severe malaria; imatinib, a drug for certain cancers; and infliximab, a treatment for immune system disorders such as…

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Drivers of the Eastern Corridor of China-Europe express trains have spent more than 400 days on the epidemic line

Strict scanning code temperature measurement, increased frequency of disinfection, multiple rounds of nucleic acid screening…… Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in China was repeated, the most stringent measures have been taken to stop the spread of the disease. In eastern central Europe trains are two important channels manchuria, suifenhe, railway crossings, there are a group, have been performed with the most strict control measures through the “disease” line, drawing…

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China’s cargo, container throughput rise in H1

Cargo and container throughput at China’s ports registered robust expansion in the first half of the year as the country strives to increase shipping space and container supply, according to the Ministry of Transport. In the first six months, China’s ports handled 7.64 billion tonnes of cargo, up 13.2 percent year on year, and an increase of 13.9 percent from the same period in 2019, said Sun Wenjian, spokesperson…

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