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Shipping heavy machinery and oversized equipment from China

Heavy and oversized machinery from China usually moves in a flat rack or open-top container when it fits the door and payload, or on breakbulk or part-cargo space when length, height, or weight exceed a routine box file. Send each unit’s length, width, height, gross weight, lifting points, and photos; the desk names the equipment and whether lashing, route checks, or permits are needed before booking. The bauma CHINA 2026 dates and Shanghai venues are listed below for exhibitors planning that show.

Published 2026-10-16 · By Delia Qu, Deputy General Manager

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bauma CHINA
Dates November 23–27, 2026 (SWEECC November 23–26; SNIEC November 24–27)
Where SNIEC and SWEECC, Shanghai
Cycle Every two years, November
Sector Construction, building-material, and mining machinery
Mode Planning window When it fits
Ocean FCL or LCL Into Shanghai or Guangzhou, then customs release and delivery under the venue’s supervision. Machines, stands, and heavy exhibits.
Air freight Into Shanghai Pudong or Guangzhou Baiyun once the flight is confirmed. Samples, demo units, and late pieces.
Inland trucking For Chinese exhibitors: factory to hall by road. Oversized pieces need route checks and permits. Domestic machines going to a Shanghai or Guangzhou show.

Windows are for planning. They are not a Yihang booking.

Flat rack, open top, or break bulk

  • Flat rack or open top: long or tall machines that still load from above or the side, with lashing to the frame and terminal acceptance confirmed before the vessel is named
  • 40-foot high cube or standard dry box: smaller units that fit the door, clear the roof, and stay within payload after cradles and dunnage
  • Breakbulk or part-cargo: pieces above ordinary container limits, or when the line offers scheduled breakbulk space for the sailing week
  • Inland leg: oversized road haul from the factory in China needs a route check and permits; plan from the hall receiving date, not only the cargo-ready date

What to send for a quote

  • Each unit: length × width × height (mm or cm), gross weight, centre of gravity if known, and whether the unit is non-stackable
  • Factory or pickup city in China, delivery address (hall, port, or door), and cargo-ready date
  • Photos of the machine, cradles, and packaging; say if batteries, fluids, or other restricted items are on board
  • For import into China: ATA carnet or temporary import route, English carnet list if applicable, and which pieces may stay after the show

bauma CHINA 2026 in Shanghai

bauma CHINA 2026 runs across two venues: Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), November 24–27, and Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center (SWEECC), November 23–26. Confirm which hall you are in before booking haulage or ocean space.

  • Two venues with two schedules. The delivery address names SNIEC or SWEECC and the hall.
  • Domestic exhibitors: oversized machines need a route check and permits for the road leg. Yihang runs its own trucks and a partner network for oversized cargo.
  • Imported machines: ATA carnet in English for exhibition use, or temporary import with a deposit. The China broker registers the carnet with CCPIT before declaration.
  • Outdoor and heavy exhibits usually have their own move-in days. The exhibitor manual sets them, and the haul is planned to that day.
  • After the show, a machine can go home, stay in China as a formal import, or move to the next show.

Customs in China

  • China accepts the ATA carnet for exhibitions and fairs. The carnet must be in English, with the purpose marked as exhibition.
  • For freight, the China customs broker registers the carnet electronically with CCPIT before the import declaration.
  • Without a carnet, exhibits enter as temporary imports with a deposit or guarantee, and must leave or be converted within the time allowed.
  • Wooden packing needs a valid IPPC mark. Without it, or without a non-wood packaging declaration, customs can destroy the goods or order them back.
  • Temporarily imported exhibits cannot be sold on the floor. A piece that stays becomes a formal import with duty and VAT.

Related shipping guides

Break bulk shipping from China Solution

Steel, machinery, and oversized cargo on liner breakbulk, part-cargo, or charter.

 Shipping steel from China Solution

Coils, plate, pipe, and sections by container, flat rack, or breakbulk.

 Flat rack and open top Solution

Out-of-gauge loads that still move on the container trade.

 ATA carnet for exhibition goods Guide

Temporary import for machines and samples that return after the show.

Your direction

Exhibiting in China Direction

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 abroad from China Direction

Ship stands, machines, and samples from a Chinese factory to a trade show abroad and back: ATA carnet, move-in count-back, group shipping, and the return or sale.

How it works

Move-in count-back Tool

Receiving deadline in, latest cargo-ready date out.

 ATA carnet Guide

ATA 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.

 Temporary import without a carnet Guide

Temporary import when a carnet will not work: US TIB, deposits, Brazil admissão temporária, and when normal import is simpler for show cargo from China.

 Packing, fumigation, insurance Guide

Crates that survive a return trip, ISPM 15 and fumigation declarations, lithium batteries in demo units, loading photos, and cargo insurance through PICC.

 After the show Guide

The 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 Guide

How 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.

 Group and pavilion shipping Guide

Several exhibitors, one container, one delivery slot: how a pavilion or delegation consolidates exhibits, with separate packing lists and carnets per exhibitor.

Other shows

CIIE Shanghai November 5–10, 2026

Import expo: food, autos, medical, industry, consumer goods

 Canton Fair Spring 2027: April 15 – May 5 (three phases)

General trade: manufacturing, home, consumer goods

 Big 5 Global November 23–26, 2026

Construction and building materials

 CES January 6–9, 2027

Consumer technology

 Mining Indaba February 8–11, 2027

Mining investment and services

 PDAC March 7–10, 2027

Mineral exploration and mining

Sources

Linked pages are the publishers’ own. Dates and rules follow the organizer’s and customs’ latest notices.

Questions exhibitors ask

Can you truck a machine from a factory in Northeast China to bauma CHINA?

Yes. Send the dimensions, weight, and photos. Oversized pieces need a route check and permits, so the haul is planned from the move-in day back, not from the day the machine is finished.

How do imported machines enter China for bauma CHINA?

On an ATA carnet written in English for exhibition use, or as a temporary import with a deposit or guarantee. Either way the goods must leave, or be converted to a formal import, within the time allowed. Wooden packing needs a valid IPPC mark.

Can a machine sold at bauma CHINA stay in China?

Yes, as a formal import with duty and VAT, declared by the buyer or an importer of record. Tell the desk before the show which pieces might be sold, because that changes the file.

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