News / Demand and Covid mean China's factories will vary closures over new year

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There is a great deal of uncertainty over supply and demand on the Asia-EU tradelane over Chinese New Year, according to forwarders.

Generally, factories in China close for the duration of the holiday, this year from 12-26 February, but 2021 looks like it could be different, with varying closure dates across the country.

“In southern China, lots of factories will shut down much earlier than usual this year; people are off from the middle of January, a month prior to CNY,” reported ...