Train hauls UK exports to China

The first train full of British exports to travel directly from the United Kingdom to China departed from London on Monday morning. It is taking UK-made goods on a 12,000 kilometer journey to Yiwu, in East China's Zhejiang province.

Soft drinks, vitamins, pharmaceuticals and baby products were loaded onto the train just east of the capital at the London Gateway terminal in Essex.

The train is on the return leg of the new Yiwu-to-London route. The first freight train from China arrived in the UK in January, packed with clothing and other small commodities.