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Factories to shutdown for Hangzhou G20 summit to cut air pollution
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time2016/08/10
FACTORIES in Shanghai and Hangzhou are being instructed by unnamed government officials to prepare for slowdowns and partial and total shutdowns ahead of the G20 summit in Hangzhou this September.
Apparently related to a clean-air campaign, factories may be coerced to cut or halt production starting as early as June, leading to fears of supply chain disruptions this summer, reported Lloyd's Loading List.
Operations director for MIQ Logistics UK, Phil Sawdon, said: "We would not normally go public with unverified reports, but official comment on issues like this is unlikely and our Shanghai office's source has been proven reliable in the past.
"The potential disruption for importers is so significant, that I felt it would be irresponsible not to share. Importers should have the opportunity to ask their vendors, off the record, if they are being instructed to interrupt production in the summer."
The press release from MIQ Logistics has since been dismissed as being blown out of proportion, said China Briefing, which provides legal, tax and operational advisories to international corporate investors.
Contrary to a prolonged shutdown, local officials were working to bring factories up to a higher level of emissions standards and to punish violators, well before the summit in Hangzhou, it said. So far there has been no official announcement on the duration of a shutdown, reports New York's Air Cargo World.
"Though it is still six months off, the Hangzhou Environmental Protection Bureau, on orders from the Central Government, is rigorously inspecting the emissions of businesses in the city, mainly in heavy industries.
Some 75 dyeing plants in Shaoxing are to be closed and renovated before the meeting with another 10 to be shut down in the Shaoxing Paojiang Economic and Technology Development Zone."
A report from The China Textile Newspaper claimed that factories within the city of Shaoxing, 65 kilometres away from Hangzhou, had been notified that production would be idled for a maximum period of 16 days, with limits bounded between August 23 and September 7.
Apparently related to a clean-air campaign, factories may be coerced to cut or halt production starting as early as June, leading to fears of supply chain disruptions this summer, reported Lloyd's Loading List.
Operations director for MIQ Logistics UK, Phil Sawdon, said: "We would not normally go public with unverified reports, but official comment on issues like this is unlikely and our Shanghai office's source has been proven reliable in the past.
"The potential disruption for importers is so significant, that I felt it would be irresponsible not to share. Importers should have the opportunity to ask their vendors, off the record, if they are being instructed to interrupt production in the summer."
The press release from MIQ Logistics has since been dismissed as being blown out of proportion, said China Briefing, which provides legal, tax and operational advisories to international corporate investors.
Contrary to a prolonged shutdown, local officials were working to bring factories up to a higher level of emissions standards and to punish violators, well before the summit in Hangzhou, it said. So far there has been no official announcement on the duration of a shutdown, reports New York's Air Cargo World.
"Though it is still six months off, the Hangzhou Environmental Protection Bureau, on orders from the Central Government, is rigorously inspecting the emissions of businesses in the city, mainly in heavy industries.
Some 75 dyeing plants in Shaoxing are to be closed and renovated before the meeting with another 10 to be shut down in the Shaoxing Paojiang Economic and Technology Development Zone."
A report from The China Textile Newspaper claimed that factories within the city of Shaoxing, 65 kilometres away from Hangzhou, had been notified that production would be idled for a maximum period of 16 days, with limits bounded between August 23 and September 7.