Several foreign express firms said that their operations are running as normal, refuting online rumors that delivery companies from Europe and the U.S. are suspending postal and parcel express services in China amid the Covid-19 epidemic. FedEx's international express and freight center at Shanghai Pudong International Airport has kept operating during the recent outbreak, in a bid to ensure normal export business and promote the recovery and development of global trade, FedEx told the Global Times. It will resume accepting incoming international express shipments to Shanghai Pudong International Airport from April 25. In addition, the Asia-Pacific transshipment center at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport has been operating normally. The rumors about service suspensions are not true, the company added.
DHL Express told the Global Times that it is safeguarding the closed-loop work in its North Asia hub based at Shanghai Pudong International Airport. UPS said its two transfer centers in Shanghai and Shenzhen remain operational, providing services to customers on the precondition of meeting local epidemic control rules, and the company is also taking necessary measures to reduce the Covid-19 impact on customers.
However, there have been some partial and regional service adjustments. UPS said on April 12 that it decided to suspend the import of international air cargo from the U.S. to Shanghai as well as Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in East China. DHL announced it was suspending express inbound services entering Shanghai as well as Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces pending further notice. FedEx said on April 13 that it would suspend the service of imported shipments transiting from Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces, through Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
