Chinese suppliers, customs cope with early orders for Christmas, Halloween from the US, Europe It is still half a year until Christmas, and customs and traders in Yiwu, East China’s Zhejiang Province, the world’s “supermarket” and factory owners in South China’s Guangdong Province, the “world’s factory,” are moving up their schedule to make and deliver much-needed goods to the US and European countries ahead of the biggest holiday of the year. However, with ports congestion and containers shortage caused by the pandemic affecting supply chains, clients overseas are placing orders earlier than usual – one to three months ahead of time – to secure deals.