Red Net Moment News reporter November 9(Reporter Hu Yongmei) On November 9, with a loud whistle, a special train loaded with cast iron enamel pots slowly drove out from Chenzhou dry port. This batch of high-quality kitchenware “made by Jiahe Intelligent Manufacturing” will arrive at Yantian Port in Shenzhen through the Hunan-Guangdong-Africa rail-sea intermodal transport channel and then sail out to sea to be exported to the markets of 27 EU countries.
The shipper of this special train, Jiahe County Zhengrun Casting Co., Ltd., has also officially become a new member of the international trade map of the Hunan-Guangdong African Corridor. A total of 20 40-foot containers were shipped in this batch, marking a key step in the internationalization process of “Jiahe Casting”. The Hunan-Guangdong-Africa Corridor serves as a logistics artery connecting central China with the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area port cluster and radiating around the world. It has paved a “steel silk road” for inland enterprises like Zhengrun Casting that leads to the river and the sea.
In the past, inland enterprises' export goods had to go through complicated road transshipment, port queuing and other processes, resulting in high logistics costs and slow timeliness. Today, the “one-stop” service provided by Chenzhou Dry Port allows goods to complete customs declaration, inspection and other full-process operations at the “doorstep”, and directly connects to international ports through railway trains to achieve seamless docking.
“The Hunan-Guangdong-Africa Channel has brought us tangible benefits,” said Peng Likui, head of Zhengrun Casting. “The transportation time has been shortened by nearly one-third, and the comprehensive logistics cost has been significantly reduced, which directly improves the price competitiveness of our products in the international market.” This “cost reduction and efficiency improvement” experience allows companies to invest more resources in technology research and development and market development.
As a traditional industry with hundreds of years of history, Jiahe Casting and Forging is transforming and upgrading in the direction of high-end and intelligence. At present, the share of Jiahe Casting Products in the international market, especially the emerging markets along the “One Belt and One Road” continues to expand, showing strong development momentum.
Against the background of slowing global economic growth and a complex and ever-changing international trade environment, the reduction of logistics costs and the improvement of efficiency have undoubtedly injected strong impetus for Jiahe Casting Enterprises to undertake international orders. It has also enhanced the confidence of enterprises to increase investment and promote transformation and upgrading, laying a solid foundation for jointly strengthening the “Jiahe Casting” regional brand.
By providing “Jiahe Casting” with a stable, efficient and economical way to go overseas, the Hunan-Guangdong-Africa Corridor not only helps enterprises expand the international market, but also significantly enhances the agglomeration effect and overall competitiveness of regional specialty industries, injecting new momentum into the high-quality development of the local economy.