Guide
When an ATA carnet is not accepted or not worth it, exhibition goods can still enter temporarily. In the US, a temporary importation bond (TIB) is set up through a customs broker. Many countries accept a cash deposit or bank guarantee against the duty, refunded when the goods leave. Brazil uses its own temporary admission regime, filed by a Brazilian party. For low-value goods, or goods that may be sold, a normal import is often simpler. Yihang Shipping compares the routes once the goods list, the values, and the destination are known.
Receiving deadline in, latest cargo-ready date out.
ATA carnet GuideATA carnet China: CCPIT issue, eATA in the EU since June 2026, country steps, and when goods return from a show. Match the carnet list to the packing list.
After the show GuideThe three endings for exhibition cargo, return shipment, local sale, or abandonment, what each costs, and the move-out deadlines that cause most of the trouble.
Move-in timing GuideHow to work out the latest cargo-ready date for a trade show: the receiving window, advance warehouse or direct to show, release, and the sailing.
Packing, fumigation, insurance GuideCrates that survive a return trip, ISPM 15 and fumigation declarations, lithium batteries in demo units, loading photos, and cargo insurance through PICC.
Group and pavilion shipping GuideSeveral exhibitors, one container, one delivery slot: how a pavilion or delegation consolidates exhibits, with separate packing lists and carnets per exhibitor.
Show-to-show freight GuideTouring exhibits from one trade show to the next across countries: carnet routing, time limits, storage between shows, and Yihang’s agent network outside China.
Bring exhibits into China for CIIE, bauma CHINA, or the Canton Fair import pavilion, or ship what you bought at a Chinese fair home. Carnet, fumigation, and retention.
Exhibiting in a third country DirectionInternational exhibitors going to a show in a third country, or touring several shows: one file, Yihang’s 180+ overseas agents, and carnet routing.
Linked pages are the publishers’ own. Dates and rules follow the organizer’s and customs’ latest notices.
A US customs bond that lets goods enter without paying duty, on the condition that they leave within the time allowed. It is set up by a US customs broker for that entry. If the goods do not leave, the duty is claimed against the bond.
Through admissão temporária, Brazil’s temporary admission regime, filed by a Brazilian party. German chambers of commerce report that ATA carnets have not been usable for Brazil since 2022, so plan around the Brazilian regime.
When the goods are cheap, when they will probably be sold or given away, or when the time limit is risky. You pay duty and tax once and there is no write-off to chase.
