Some overseas countries and regions are gradually unblocking, and the "resumption of work and production" is gradually entering the track. For many foreign traders, this is the message of the arrival of the "foreign trade spring". Come and see which countries have been unblocked! Some European countries
At present, most European countries have announced plans to unblock.
1, France: The unblocking process has been started on the 11th
On May 11, France began to implement unblocking measures that are phased, regional and adjusted according to observation at any time. French provinces will evaluate themselves and divide them into two categories: "green" and "red", thereby taking more relaxed or stricter regulatory measures.
May 11 to June 2 are the "first phase". In the "green area" where the epidemic is alleviated, schools will start one after another, enterprises and shops will reopen, and travel restrictions for the public will be further relaxed. At the end of May, the government will conduct another assessment based on the new situation. If the indicators show optimism, it will enter a new phase of unblocking. Restaurants and cafes that are closed will reopen by then.
2. UK: Unblocking in three stages
On May 11, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson released the 60-page unblocking rules "Our Reconstruction Plan: British Government's COVID-19 Recovery Strategy", which detailed the current epidemic control measures in the UK and the necessary conditions for future unblocking.
The first stage, that is, at this stage, supports resumption of work, going out and fitness. The second phase will open some schools and low-risk businesses to create a "social bubble", which is expected to be held on June 1. There are also reports that the Premier League is expected to resume work on June 8. The third phase may be implemented in July. If the epidemic data further improves, service industries such as catering, hotels and cafes and other public places will be reopened.
The above schemes apply only to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be at the discretion of the local government.
3. Germany: Implementing "elastic unblocking"
Germany will allow all kinds of shops of all sizes to reopen. The Bundesliga will also resume this month, but the "mask mandatory order" will continue to be effective, and the interpersonal contact ban will continue to be implemented until June 5.
State governments may choose to maintain existing restrictions or allow gatherings of no more than 10 people or two families in public places. At the same time, the government also recommends that the public continue to minimize the number of people they come into contact and maintain a fixed contact group.
4. Spain: "unblocking"
Starting from May 4, the previous restrictions will be relaxed in stages and regions. The unblocking plan is carried out in four stages.
Starting from May 11, entering the second phase, bars in most parts of Spain can open the terrace. Also allow healthy people to hold small gatherings. The third phase will gradually resume school teaching activities starting from May 26, and the fourth phase will be opened on June 10, and more restrictions will be lifted than before.
5. Portugal: Restart the economy in three steps
Portuguese Prime Minister Costa announced that the national emergency ended on May 2, restarting economic and social activities in three steps.
From May 18, high schools will resume classes, and shops, coffee shops and restaurants within 400 square meters will be reopened; from June 1, all shops and shopping centers will be open, but the number of reception will be reduced by half, and the people must maintain a social distance of 2 meters.
6. Italy: Entering the second phase of unblocking
Starting from May 4, Italy will begin to lift the national "lockdown" state, entering the second phase of parallel fight against the epidemic and restoring the economy, with nearly 4.5 million people returning to work.
The second phase begins on May 18, and stores, salons, barbers, bars, restaurants, museums and football training will be resumed. Italians can move freely within the region where they are located, and no longer need to carry a "self-declaration" indicating the reason for their travel when going out, but they are still not allowed to move across regions.
intends to reopen the border on June 3 and is gradually restarting the economy.
7, Switzerland : Gradually relax entry restrictions
11 to enter the second phase of relaxing control measures as planned. Restaurants, shopping malls, markets, museums, libraries, etc. have been allowed to reopen, and primary and junior high schools will resume classes.
At the same time, entry restrictions will be gradually relaxed, and residence applications submitted by EU and European Free Trade Zone practitioners since March 25 will be processed. Swiss and EU citizens can enter the country to reunite with their families, but will continue to retain border inspections and continue to prohibit entry to Switzerland for private tourism purposes.
html will start the third phase of "unblocking" on June 8, but Switzerland will discuss the "unblocking" policy again based on the specific situation on May 27.8, Greece : International tourism resumes from June
On May 4, the national ban will be lifted, and small retailers such as bookstores, flower shops, glasses stores, and small retailers, as well as barbershops, beauty salons, and car inspection centers in various places can be reopened.
html expanded the "unseal" measures on 018, and more than 200 archaeological sites in the country were reopened, middle schools were limited to resume classes, and shopping centers were reopened for traffic restrictions. According to the official "unlockdown" plan, restaurants, cafes and bars will resume operations on May 25 and hotels will reopen on June 1.From June 15, Greece will allow tourists from 19 countries, including China, to enter the country based on epidemiological evaluation standards. Starting from July 1, reopening international flights will allow passengers from more countries to enter the country, except for countries where the epidemic is still relatively serious.
9. Austria: Gradually open the border
0 From April 14, the epidemic prevention restrictions will be gradually lifted. The next stage of relaxation of measures will be on May 29, when hotel companies will be allowed to resume work. Rally and large-scale events will still be banned before the end of June.
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10. Czech Republic: Entering the third stage of unblocking
According to the plan to relax epidemic control in the four stages of the Czech Republic, it will enter the third stage from May 11, and a large number of commercial business premises will resume business. Activities with a scale of no more than 100 people are allowed, including sports, weddings, religious activities, etc. At the same time, various social, sports and cultural activities can be held. The fourth phase of "unblocking" of
will start from May 25. The indoor parts of hotels, castles and catering venues will be reopened, and events with a scale of no more than 500 people will also be held.
11, Belgium : Entering the second phase of unblocking
Starting from May 25, Belgium will expand the scope of "unblocking" and some schools will allow classes to resume.
Belgium plans to "release the ban" in June, and all hotels, restaurants and cafes will resume business by then.
12, Denmark : further "unblocking"
Denmark has started "gradually and controlled" lifting of the ban and control measures since April 15, and some borders, shopping malls, libraries, cinemas and restaurants have been restored.
htmlOn May 8, Denmark announced that museums, amusement parks and cinemas in Denmark will reopen from June 8.13, Finland : Further relaxation will begin in June
3 begins to be cautious in opening the lower grades of primary schools from March. On April 15, the capital was unblocked. Other schools will be open on May 13, and all service venues will be closed until May 31.
From June 1, the limit on the number of gatherings will be relaxed from the current 10 people to a maximum of 50 people. Restaurants will be gradually opened; sports competitions and series can begin special arrangements; museums, theaters, libraries, swimming pools and other sports facilities, and rehabilitation studios will be gradually opened.
14, Serbia : End the state of emergency and gradually open
On the evening of May 6, the Serbian National Assembly passed a resolution to lift the national emergency taken by the new crown epidemic since March 15. Starting from
18, Nikola Tesla Airport will reopen and resume flights to London, Frankfurt, Vienna and Zurich. Starting from June 15, weddings, baptisms, birthday celebrations and other activities can be held.
15, Iceland : There is no need to quarantine after June 15
00. Before June 15, tourists will not need to quarantine when they arrive in Iceland, as long as the test results are negative.
Some Asian countries
At present, all Asian countries have taken measures to gradually unblock, but the progress is different.
1, Japan: National emergency lifting
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced at a press conference on the evening of May 25 that the emergency lifting of five prefectures including Tokyo, Hokkaido , Saitama Prefecture , Chiba Prefecture, and Kanagawa Prefecture . At this point, all 47 prefectures and counties in Japan have been lifted from the state of emergency.
2. South Korea: Entering the "life epidemic prevention" stage
From May 6, South Korea will transform the epidemic prevention system from a high-intensity "maintaining social distance" stage to a "life epidemic prevention" stage.
During the period of high-intensity social distancing, churches, stadiums, gyms, nightclubs and other places are prohibited from opening, and restrictions on these places will be lifted during the "living epidemic prevention" period. Schools that have been conducting online teaching will also resume students' return to school in stages.
On May 1, China and South Korea opened a "fast channel" to facilitate urgently needed personnel such as business, logistics, production, and technical services. For the above reasons, entering South Korea is expected to be able to take this channel.
3, Singapore : gradual unblocking in three stages
June 1 ended the "circuit breaker" anti-epidemic phase, and gradually unblocking in three stages starting from June 2.
The first phase is expected to last for several weeks. People only go out when necessary and wear masks. Key and low-risk economic activities will resume and students will also return to school in stages. The retail and entertainment industries will continue to close. The second phase will relax more measures, including allowing for smaller social activities, expected to last for several months. The "new normal" of the third stage. At this stage, most economic activities will resume, but safety measures must still be followed until a COVID-19 vaccine is found.
4. Thailand: Gradually relax restrictions
Starting from May 17, Thailand will carry out the second phase of the unblocking, among which the curfew (no departure from residence at a fixed time at night) will be changed to 23:00 pm to 4:00 pm every day.
In addition, all shopping malls will also be unblocked, but strict prevention and control measures must be taken, and the opening hours of shopping malls are unified from 10 am to 20 pm every day.
Thailand has now removed China (including Hong Kong and Macao), South Korea and other places from the list of high-risk infection areas for the epidemic. However, the corresponding flight has not resumed.
5. India: Relax restrictions in areas with mild epidemic
On May 4, India announced that it would extend the national lockdown period to May 17, but restrictions in areas with relatively mild epidemic eased restrictions.
From May 4 to 17, India began to implement the "lockdown" measure version 3.0. The new measures divide Indian states into three areas: red, orange and green. The red zone is the area with the worst epidemic, and major cities such as New Delhi and Mumbai are all red zones; the orange zone is the middle-risk area of the epidemic; and the green zone is the area where no cases have been reported in the past 21 days. All three districts of
will continue to implement curfews, red and orange districts will abide by strict "stay at home orders", while people in green districts can travel more freely.
6. Israel: gradually relax restrictions in four steps
Israel's "four-step plan" will be implemented from May to mid-June, and it is planned to gradually relax restrictions, restore tourism and promote economic recovery. The
plan includes the gradual restoration of domestic tourism, work, education, as well as leisure and sports. The Wailing Wall has also begun to open to people.
7. UAE: Further relaxation of epidemic prevention restrictions
Starting from May 13, tram and water transportation services will be resumed, but all commuters must wear masks.
All shopping malls in Dubai will resume business hours from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and weekends to midnight after the end of Ramadan (April 23 to May 23).
Dubai Economic Development Bureau stated that except for business hours, the guidance issued by the government to respond to the epidemic has remained unchanged, such as store customer flow must be kept below 30% of the full amount, children under 12 years old and elderly over 60 are not allowed to enter the store.
Some countries in the Americas
The American countries may be relatively slow due to the uncertain epidemic prevention and control situation in various American countries.
1. United States: Unclear
In terms of the epidemic, according to real-time data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 16:00 pm Beijing time on June 8, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia worldwide has exceeded 7 million, and the cumulative number of deaths has exceeded 400,000. Among them, the United States has accumulated more than 1.94 million confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia and more than 110,000 deaths, making it the country with the largest number of confirmed cases and cumulative deaths in the world.
Due to the impact of the epidemic on trade and the blockade policies of states in the United States, the freight forwarding logistics industry has not fully recovered. The riots that have continued to escalate in recent days have spread to freight forwarding logistics and cross-border e-commerce.
2. Canada: Some provinces relax restrictions
Starting from May 4, most provinces in Canada began to relax restrictions imposed during the epidemic.
includes Ontario , Alberta , Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec , Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and other provinces, allowing some commercial activities to be restored, including operations of non-emergency medical institutions including general surgery, dentistry, and physical therapy, as well as outdoor activities including fishing and rowing.
3, Mexico : Restart some industries
Mexico announced that it will restart economic, life, education and public activities in some parts of the country on May 17.
4, Argentina : Restart some social and production activities
Argentina's health minister said that after the country's home isolation policy originally scheduled to end on May 10 expires, the epidemic control policy may be relaxed, and some social and production activities need to be restarted.
Buenos Aires Municipal Government recently announced that in order to further prevent and control the epidemic, all citizens must wear masks or cover their mouths and noses outdoors, and violators will face fines.
Oceania Some countries
Australia and New Zealand have always been cautious about unblocking, and the epidemic is currently under good control.
1. Australia: "Three steps to unblock", different states
Australia has begun to officially unblock, and will follow the "unblocking plan" in three steps. These three phases will be re-evaluated every three weeks, but the decision to ultimately implement the plan depends on each state and territory leaders.
unblocking will first open restaurants, bars, sports venues and resume social activities, and then the number of people requirements will be gradually relaxed at each stage.
In addition, Australia and New Zealand plan to allow citizens of the two countries to travel interchangeably. Neville Power, who is responsible for the recovery from the post-epidemic in Australia, made it clear that he plans to expand the Travel Bubble plan to parts of Asia, including China, Japan and South Korea.
2. New Zealand: Reduced to the second level of warning
14, the response level of epidemic prevention and control will be lowered from level 3 to level 2. Retail stores, restaurants, shopping malls, barber shops, gyms and other public places will be open from the 14th. The school is scheduled to resume classes on the 18th and the bar will resume business on the 21st. The number of participants in social activities such as weddings and funerals shall not exceed 10 people.
Air New Zealand said it will re-operate seven domestic routes from the 14th. International routes are still restricted, and New Zealand currently only allows New Zealand citizens and permanent residents to enter. New Zealand citizens and permanent residents will continue to undergo 14-day quarantine observation when returning to China.
Some African countries
African countries have adopted step-by-step unblocking. The situation varies greatly from country to country, and countries with better economic levels may be unblocking in advance.
1. South Africa: Resuming some economic activities
24, South African President Ramaphosa warned that although the country's new crown pneumonia epidemic may further worsen, he also announced that he would relax epidemic prevention and blockade measures that have a serious impact on the economy.
From June 1, South Africa will lift more epidemic prevention restrictions. If the curfew will be lifted, more companies will be allowed to resume work, schools will be reopened, and alcohol bans will be cancelled. Alcohol beverages can be sold for specific time periods, but they can only be used at home. In addition, tobacco products are still not allowed to be sold.
2. Tunisia: From May 4th,
The Tunisian government announced on April 29th that it would gradually lift the ban measures taken to prevent the new crown epidemic from May 4th.Some major economic sectors and commercial institutions that provide services to the daily lives of the people can gradually resume business.
Due to the impact of the epidemic, various countries have experienced a long lockdown stage. Although policies have been issued for the lifting of lockdowns recently, there are still a large number of enterprises in the country who are ordered to close. During the epidemic prevention and control period, most enterprises have been hit hard, and all industries have been affected.
hereby reminds that friends who have trade with these countries should keep in touch with customers and communicate information in a timely manner. They should still pay attention to the risk of collection and delivery, and beware of customs clearance at the destination port, no one picks up the goods at the destination port, buyers abandon goods, and no payment. To avoid affecting shipment and causing losses!
