Although Chinese factory workers are returning to production work at last, the disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak is expected to have created a supply gap of nearly two months, according to Canada's Tradex Foods.
"Post-Chinese New Year production would typically start up after the two-week holiday then require three to four weeks to train the workers, so plants can be running full speed by a month and a half," the British Columbia-based seafood supplier noted in its latest “Three-Minute Market Insight.”
"With the current workforce situation, we don’t believe plants will be able to run full speed within four months after the holiday -- which is May."
According to Tradex, quality will not be an issue for Chinese supply, as quality control inspectors are still being allowed access to factories ahead of shipping [...]
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