EREHOT checkpoint, the largest railway checkpoint on the Sino-Mongolian border, handled 2.58 million tonnes of imports and exports in the first quarter, an increase of 27.3 per cent compared to the same period in 2011, Xinhua reports.
    Import grew 31.6 per cent to 2.07 million tonnes. Export grew 12.5 per cent to 509,100 tonnes.
    Value of these cargos increased 17.8 per cent to US$921 million tonnes. Import value grew three per cent to $633 million. Export value surged 72.2 per cent to $288 million.

(source:shipping online)