A month after Shenzhen’s Yantian Port shut down for three weeks, a massive backlog of

appliances, commodities and toys sit in storage, waiting to be exported.

Manufacturers are looking to ship from other Chinese ports, while consumers may

inevitably face higher prices in the end.

A month after container shipping operations returned to normal at China’s Yantian Port,

factory owners are still feeling the pinch from a debilitating three-week shutdown,

with warehouses chock-full of goods awaiting export.



In Guangdong, a major manufacturing province that houses the Yantian International

Container Terminal, manufacturers and exporters across various sectors – including

large household appliances, commodities and toys – are still facing choke points in the

supply chain as they vie for space on the freighters to get their cargo out of the country.

BY SCMP JI SIQI POST - 20 JUL, 2021