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It was initially planned that a city-wide lock-down in Shanghai would be lifted today at 5am. This has not been the case and the current lockdown restrictions remain in place.

Residents of eastern Shanghai who were hoping to emerge from a four-day Covid lockdown on Friday have been ordered to stay in their homes, and the current guide is until Tuesday 5th April 5am.

The new rules for Pudong, the half of Shanghai that sits on the east side of the Huangpu river, were announced late on Thursday night, just hours before the lockdown was supposed to end at 5am on Friday.

This continues to fuel concerns about a slowdown in the Chinese economy already badly affected by a series of lockdowns across key industrial centres.

China’s manufacturing activity fell to a five-month low in March, a monthly survey showed on Thursday, as lockdowns and other restrictions forced factories to suspend production.

Please note this will impact on orders ex-factory until this date and also impacts on communications about PO to exit in the near future.

We will continue to work with our teams and update supplier information as and when we can.

 

 

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