HOHHOT — The number of China-Europe freight trains traveling via Erenhot, the largest land port on the China-Mongolia border, surpassed 300 this year, local railway authorities said.

The 317 trains carried 32,344 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of goods, up 66.84 percent year-on-year, according to the Erenhot Customs.

The overall volume of goods transported by the freight trains via the port during the period edged up 73.52 percent year-on-year to 268,800 metric tons, with the import and export values exceeding 4.35 billion yuan (about $673 million).

Erenhot Port, an important channel for international cargo in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, has 44 China-Europe freight train routes passing through it.