Chinese New Year falls on the 29th January in 2025. Right now that seems way into the future, but is only 4 months. As we approach the final quarter of 2024, we’re entering a busy period that you need to plan around to maintain component availability within your production schedules. Here’s our explanation and recommendations.
Pasko
Pasko (the filipino name for Christmas) is the one of the most celebrated holidays in the Philippines. Many factories will be closed from the 20th December until the New Year.
Chinese New Year
Celebrations for Chinese New Year are likely to start around the 24th January, with almost every business in China closed from that date, until early in February (possibly as late as the 10th). Many workers will take additional leave to further extend this holiday too. This leads to a staged return to full manpower.
At this point there will be a backlog of 2-3 weeks. In our experience full productivity returns in mid-March.
Outside of production, sales enquiries and general queries will be delayed across the holidays. Response times are typically longer than usual whilst staffing returns to full capacity and backlogs are cleared – this is usually before the end of February.
Ports
The lead up to the holidays is extremely busy, with Factories working to complete shipments in advance of the closures. Additional consideration needs to be given to transit times from Factory to ports, where congestion is highly probable. For shipments to depart China prior to customs closures, we recommend that parts are available to leave the Factories no later than 10th January.
Our recommended lead times
Experience tells us that advanced planning and the early release of production orders helps to minimise risk of disruption caused by these holidays. Production orders released prior to the end of October should be completed in time to depart ahead of customs closures. Moving into November, production capacity is expected to fill quickly increasing the risk that parts will not be available until after the holidays.
If you need Sunon fans or blowers, we keep an increasing range of standard items in stock in the UK. Click here to see the current list and make enquiries for these items.
Get in touch if you need to order stock, or even if you wish to adjust orders already underway so that the 2025 Chinese New Year doesn’t affect your production schedules.
