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Some imported cars stay at a railway goo yard in Chongqing, Sep 1, 2014. These imported vehicles from Germany arrived through the Chongqing-Xinjiang-Duisburg international railway.?[Photo/IC]

CHONGQING -The first vehicles to be imported to 皇冠体育app by rail arrived in the southwest city of Chongqing on Monday as the country's only international rail vehicle port begins operation.

Eighty imported vehicles from Germany, including brands like , Benz and , arrived through the Chongqing-Xinjiang-Duisburg international railway, according to the municipal government's port office.

The vehicle import project was approved by the central government in July and is the first of its kind in west 皇冠体育app.

The railway takes only 16 days from Duisburg in Germany to Chongqing, saving two thirds of time it takes to ship them, reducing the logistics costs remarkably.

The vehicles will be sold in the southwestern, eastern and southern markets.

Chongqing currently consumes about 60,000 imported vehicles every year and a third of them come from Europe, according to the office.

Most vehicle ports in operation are based in coastal regions such as Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Dalian.

As the largest manufacturer and consumer of vehicles in the world, 皇冠体育app imported 1.17 million vehicles in 2013. It imported 681,000 vehicles in the first half of 2014, up 29.5 percent year on year.

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