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BEIJING - Chongqing in southwest China does not produce any potassium fertilizer itself, but it will become a sales hub for it thanks to rail routes linking the city to Europe.

"In late March, the first train loaded with 500 metric tons of potassium fertilizer produced in Kazakhstan will reach Chongqing on its return from Germany," said the city's Economy and Information Technology Commission.

The city plans to import 3 million tons of fertilizer from Kazakhstan each year through the Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe Railway by 2020, for domestic distribution and delivery to Japan and Southeast Asia.