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EAEU and China want to digitalise their rail freight movements

The Eurasian Economic Union’s (EAEU) Member States and China signed a roadmap to speed up the digitalisation of rail freight between them. This simply means that after implementation, digitalisation could significantly boost rail freight services

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Andrey Slepnev, trade minister of the Eurasian Economic Commission

 

Beijing – The Eurasian Economic Union’s (EAEU) Member States and China signed a roadmap to speed up the digitalisation of rail freight between them. This simply means that after implementation, digitalisation could significantly boost rail freight services between China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus and Armenia.

The roadmap was signed during a meeting between Andrey Slepnev, trade minister of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and Li Fei, assistant minister of commerce of the People’s Republic of China.

The roadmap consists of three sections. According to Slepnev, Section I is the most important since it concerns the gradual transition to electronic document exchange in rail transport – a measure that will “simplify trade procedures and speed up cargo transportation between involved countries”. 

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