PESHAWAR: The Sino-Pakistan International Logistics (SPIL) Complex is one of the projects linked to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and products will be made available on one-third cheaper prices compared to China. Work on the complex, being built by St. Fulin Group Co. Limited, is under way. In an interview with Daily Times, the St. Fulin Group’s chief public relationship officer, Scarletsaid that the SPIL Complex covered an area of 153 acres and would be completed by April 2019. She said that the venue would be tax-free and that it would provide much business avenues for traders and businesspersons from Pakistan and China. She added that SPIL was divided into five parts: cross-border e-commerce mall, warehouse and logistics centre, processing centre, service centre, and headquarters & one-stop service centre. The complex is located inTaxkorgan County in Xinjiang province, which is extremely important and is the only way which must be passed by for the Karakoram Highway and China-Pakistan Railway, adding that the SPIL opening would revolutionise the transport industries in KP and other areas of Pakistan as thousands of people related to the business of transport would benefit from it. “The SPIL’s intelligent warehouse and logistics centre will have refrigerated and constant heat storage used for seafood, meat, fruit, vegetables and other high quality Pakistani natural resources. There will be a conventional warehouse for general merchandise, textiles, electronic products, etc. “The International Mail Processing Centre will exchange international mail and packages directly with overseas postal services or an appointed shipping agency to expedite the mail delivery. There will be a parking lot as well,” she added. Scartel also said that the cross-border e-commerce platform between China and Pakistan would appear as a mobile terminal application. The e-commerce platform’s main function is to integrate the industry in China and natural resources in Pakistan and other countries for resource circulation, industrial transfer and exhibition. The platform will also be the incubator project for individuals or enterprises involved in CPEC.