The date for category #1 have jut been amended! This is the latest update from the Chinese Government.

From the 20th July all deliveries and pick-ups will be done in the twilights hours. Packing and unpacking will still be done during normal daylight hours. Then also on 20th July, all vehicles will be restricted to operating on alternate days dictated by the last digit in the vehicles number plate and the date. So on the 20th July only vehicles whose last digit is an even number will be permitted on the road that day and be off the road the next day and so on. Area restrictions are eased from the 28th August, but not by much. So please advise customers and transferees accordingly and please bear with us as we work our way through this difficult period as there will be delays and hold ups that can possibly stretch from 3 - 6 weeks as goods bottle-neck whilst waiting for transportation from and to the port with increased haulage charges as per category 2 detailed below in blue. Please read this and note.

• 1) From 20 July to 20 Sept.2008 (updated on 1st July to change from 1st July to 20th July start date)
  
  All commercial trucks, no matter size, can only be driven between Midnight and 06:00AM on all roads within all of Beijing.
• 2) From 1 July to 20 Sept. 2008 (as before, now as a separate category)
  
  All Yellow labelled trucks are no longer permitted on the roads of Beijing until after the 20th September with a possible extension to the end of the year. These are trucks whose engines do not comply with European Emission Standards. Only green-labelled trucks comply and only these will be permitted on the road. This takes out approx. 30% of all Beijing registered trucks. All Asian Tiger vehicles have green labels.
  
  **All non Beijing Registered Vehicles are prohibited from entering the city of Beijing as of the 1st July. As the port of Xingang is in Tianjin, which is outside of Beijing, all traffic to/from the port can only be hauled by Beijing registered trucks with all the other regulations also being complied with. As of today, market rates for commercial vehicles that we use for handling cargo to/from the port have surged. We have no choice but to pass on this additional handling cost. With the reduction of the remaining trucks available reduced by 50% as from the 20th July, market rates will continue to fluctuate. We will update you as we see where these costs go. We will do our best to keep cost increases to a minimum, but market rates will dictate where this goes..
• 3) From 20 July to 27 Aug.2008 (no change)
  
  Restriction for road access controlled by the last digit on the vehicles licence plate on alternating days according to the calendar date for all of Beijing so that at any one time 50% of all remaining vehicles will be off the road at any one time.
  
  4) From 28 Aug. to 20 Sept.2008 (no change)
  
  Access Restriction according to last digit on the plate and the calendar date for all areas inside the 5th Ring Road of Beijing covering all inner city suburbs and certain specified Highways, but excluding the Shunyi Residential Area, Capital Airport and our warehouse, which are all outside the 5th Ring Road.
  
  Thank you for your understanding as we enter this difficult period.
  
• 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　4th July 2008
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