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General trade: manufacturing, home, consumer goods

Canton Fair

The Canton Fair runs twice a year at the Canton Fair Complex in Guangzhou, in three phases each session. Most foreign visitors are buyers, so the freight question usually comes after the fair: samples and first orders from several suppliers, collected into one shipment and sent home by air, LCL, or a full container. Yihang Shipping arranges pickup from the suppliers, China export clearance on its AEO file, and the international leg. Exhibits for the import pavilion are a different file. Their customs runs through the pavilion’s appointed exhibit carrier.

Quote Canton Fair cargo Count back from move-in
Canton Fair
Dates Spring 2027: April 15 – May 5 (three phases). Autumn 2026: October 15–19, October 23–27, October 31 – November 4.
Where Canton Fair Complex, Guangzhou
Cycle Twice a year, spring and autumn
Sector General trade: manufacturing, home, consumer goods
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.

Planning Canton Fair

  • Samples from several suppliers: one receiving point, one count with photos, then one shipment. For one small box, a courier can still be cheaper.
  • Orders: the supplier’s incoterm decides who books. On FOB, the buyer’s forwarder books from the port. On EXW, pickup and export clearance are also on the buyer side.
  • Batteries, liquids, powders, and magnets need their documents before any carrier accepts them.
  • Import-pavilion exhibits enter on temporary admission and cannot be sold on the floor. A piece that stays is converted to a formal import through the pavilion’s appointed carrier.

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.

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.

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.

Other shows

CIIE Shanghai November 5–10, 2026

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

 bauma CHINA November 23–27, 2026 (SWEECC November 23–26; SNIEC November 24–27)

Construction, building-material, and mining machinery

 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

How do I ship samples home from the Canton Fair?

One compact sample from one supplier usually travels best by courier. Samples from several suppliers can be delivered to one receiving point, counted, photographed, and sent together by air or LCL. Ask for both prices: the handling of a consolidation can cancel the saving on a small lot.

Can you collect from suppliers outside Guangzhou?

Yes. Suppliers anywhere in China can deliver to the consolidation point, or Yihang can arrange the pickup. The quote names the receiving warehouse, the cut-off for the last supplier, and the sailing or flight.

I am exhibiting in the import pavilion. Can you clear my exhibits?

The import pavilion routes exhibit customs, in and out, through its appointed exhibit carrier. Yihang can move the goods to China and hand them over, or take them onward after the fair. The pavilion’s carrier files the temporary admission and the write-off. The quote says which part is whose.

Quote Canton Fair cargo

Hall, booth, receiving deadline, exhibit list with sizes and weights, origin city, and what returns.

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