Chinese New Year 2026 And It's Impact On Your Supply Chain
SAP, Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
The Chinese New Year (CNY) festival, also known as the Moon Festival, begins this year on 17 February and marks the start of the Year of the Fire Horse.
The Fire Horse stands for dynamism, change and unpredictable transformations, which could also characterize this CNY.
As every year, the same ritual repeats: production stoppages in China and other Asian countries, congested ports, delayed containers and, above all, anxious planners. Even though it should really be a routine event, it remains a challenge for global supply chains, which often appear more robust on paper but have become more complex, fragile and costly in reality.
This predictable production interruption once again bluntly demonstrates to companies where true resilience exists and where it merely features on PowerPoint slides.