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China-Europe freight trains passing through Kazakhstan witnessed
explosive growth amid COVID-19, with freight volume in the first nine
months of 2020 already exceeding last year's total, Chinese ambassador
to Kazakhstan Zhang Xiao tweeted on Monday. These trains carry a large number of epidemic prevention supplies and
cross-border packages, which guarantees the supply of anti-epidemic
materials and maintains the stability of the supply chain across
Eurasia, said Zhang. Statistics from Kazakhstan's national railway company show that in
the first seven months of this year, the number of containers shipped by
China-Europe freight trains via Kazakhstan has increased by 61 percent
to 290,000. Bilateral trade reached 13.2 billion U.S. dollars from January to
August, a 1-percent year-on-year increase, with the export volume of
Kazakh goods to China dipping 10.6 percent to 6.4 billion dollars during
the period, while imports jumped 14.8 percent to around 6.8 billion
dollars, Zhang added. The rapid recovery of the Chinese economy has provided an impetus to
bilateral ties amid the pandemic, with China's GDP in the third quarter
increasing by 4.9 percent, making it the only major economy to see
positive growth, said the Chinese ambassador. Enditem
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