Companies Confirm Delay In China Goods

Cope Construction has called for direct shipping routes to India.

Co-owner and founder Satya Sekran made the comment amid concerns over the limitations imposed on account of coronavirus.

Mr Satya, who is Cope Construction’s managing director, said India offered quality items for the construction industry.

“It’s too early to tell of the dent coronavirus may pose to the construction industry, but it’s almost a certainty the finishing items needed by the industry will be affected.”

Machinery

Clyde Equipment Pacific said imports of theirs from China were also held up or delays.

Such items include generators, pressure cleaning equipment and water pumps, which were pivotal for the hurricane season that Fiji was in at present, said Clyde Equipment Pacific’s national sales manager Dipal Bhatt.

“They’re our core products,” Mr Bhatt said.

He said it was fortunate that demand for such items peaked mid year around which time the company hoped the worst of coronavirus would have subsided.

Meanwhile, Fiji Ports Corporation Limited  said the current trend of movement at Fiji ports was normal.

“Currently all pre-bookings are arriv ing as scheduled,” said Fiji Ports chief executive officer Vajira Piyasena.

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