Xinjiang's seven-month road-transported trade cargo grows 13.6pc

FROM January to July, Xinjiang recorded a road-transported import and export volume of 1.96 million tonnes, 13.6 per cent more than a year ago. Turnover volume of these cargo increased 24.5 per cent to 510 million tonnes per kilometre, Xinhua reports.

In the same period, road-transported inbound and outbound passenger dropped eight per cent to 381,300 persons. Turnover volume of these passengers jumped 59.4 per cent up to 112 billion persons per kilometre.

The region also recorded 116,600 inbound and outbound vehicles in the same period, falling 43.6 per cent over the same period a year ago.