“As per new government rules, factories in china cannot work more than 3 days a week. Some of them are permitted to open only 1 or 2 days a week, as on the remaining days there will be power cut across the entire industrial city(ies). As a result, prices are expected to rise by 30-40 per cent in the coming weeks,” a person directly dealing with Chinese textile factories told Fibre2Fashion.
The planned shutdowns are to the extent of 40-60 per cent, and are likely to continue till December 2021, as the Chinese government is serious about curbing emissions ahead of the Winter Olympics scheduled for February 4 to 22, 2022, in Beijing. It is to be noted that almost half of China’s provinces missed their energy consumption targets set by the Central government. These regions are now taking steps like cutting energy supply to reach their annual target for 2021.
Another reason for planned power blackouts is the extremely tight supply globally, as there is a boost in demand after lifting of COVID-19 induced lockdowns that is seeing an economic rebound the world over. However, in case of China, “there is a short supply of coal from Australia on account of its strained relations with that country,” another source told Fibre2Fashion.
China is a major supplier of several products, including textiles and apparel, to countries across the world. Hence, the continuing power crisis would result in shortage of those products, disrupting global supply chains.
On the domestic front, China’s GDP growth rate may falter to around 6 per cent in the second half of 2021, after growing at over 12 per cent in the first half.
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