Chinese lockdowns hitting Thai producers
Key imports such as fertiliser are dipping
China’s lockdowns in big cities are having an adverse effect on the Thai manufacturing sector and its supply chains, with the problems likely to continue, warns the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC).
The spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variant has led to the closure of Chinese deep-sea ports, paralysed major industrial hubs, and disrupted the mainland’s supply chains.
According to an NESDC study on the lockdowns of big cities such as Shanghai and…
