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Create the Belt for Transporting Steel and Steel Products Overseas
According to the GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF CUSTOMS.P.R.CHINA, in the first quarter of 2023, China's steel exports reached 20.08 million tons, with a total export value of 172.94 billion yuan, experiencing a rapid growth compared to the previous year, with a 53.2% increase in export volume and a 47.4% increase in export value.
In the tenth year since the inception of the Belt and Road Initiative, with the support of favorable policies, the trend of infrastructure and engineering machinery exports has been steadily rising. Steel products such as steel strips, steel coils, steel pipes, and light steel keels have become indispensable necessities for the construction and development of emerging countries.
However, transporting steel and its products internationally poses challenges, requiring both complete and secure transportation, while effectively controlling costs, is necessary. Drawing from years of industry experience, YQN has developed a mature logistics solution to ensure stable and reliable transportation for steel and its products.
Three Critical Processes in Transportation
Taking a steel product manufacturing company served by YQN as an example, which annually produces one hundred thousand tons of light steel keels each year, exporting them to the Middle East, India, Pakistan, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa, and other regions, ensuring the normal supply for local schools, residence, hospitals, offices, and other construction projects. YQN understands the customer's core logistics requirements of safety and reliability.
Light steel keel is used as the basic building material for suspended ceilings. It has the advantages of being lightweight and high strength, allowing for a larger quantity to be transported in each container. However, during transportation, it may become deformed or damaged due to strong vibrations or rain. Loading and unloading processes can also affect their anti-corrosion and rust-resistant properties if they are rubbed off the galvanized coating while coming into contact with vehicles or ships. This will reduce their quality.
To address these challenges, YQN offers comprehensive logistics solutions, including these three critical process: trucking, customs clearance, and booking.
Trucking: YQN employs standardized procedures, from packaging and handling to placement, ensuring each step is carefully executed with gloved hands, multiple layers of packaging and wide straps to prevent scratches and abrasions on the keels.
Customs Clearance: Given the differentiation between painted and unpainted steel in terms of tax refund policies, accurate and proper classification during customs declaration is crucial to minimize tax costs. YQN leverages its years of operational experience to help clients accurately declare and reduce customs clearance expenses.
Booking: YQN caters to large-volume booking demands while optimizing costs by selecting low-cost container types, such as 20GP or 40NOR, that match the transportation needs of Light steel keel. Priority is given to arranging small and heavy containers to efficiently control logistics expenses.
Covering the Full Range of Steel Products:
Create a Specialized Transportation Network
As the trend of domestic steel companies establishing overseas factories to process steel products becomes increasingly evident, the export volume of steel strips, which serve as fundamental raw materials, has also steadily risen over the past two years.
YQN has established systematic export logistics solutions through over two decades of expertise on the industry of steel and its products. Steel and its products are heavy and irregular on volumes and tend to be corroded, so our export logistics solution focuses on the following aspects:
1. From packaging to loading onto the ship, proper container sealing and water-proofing measures are applied.
2. Steel is relatively heavy. After loading onto the ship, it should be evenly distributed to ensure safe transportation.
3. Different types of steel products involved in the transportation process are appropriately marked before loading to avoid confusion.
By effectively facilitating the transportation of steel products and raw materials, YQN helps numerous domestic steel companies deliver high-quality products to emerging countries, accelerating their development. As a leading one-stop international logistics platform, YQN provides air freight, sea freight, rail freight, and multi-modal transportation services. We have established vital partnerships with numerous top-tier shipping and airline companies, including Maersk, CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping, CNC Line, OOCL, HPL, EMC Evergreen, ZIM, and ONE and others covering key emerging markets in Latin America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, India, as well as European countries and the U.S., ensuring timely, safe, and efficient deliveries.
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