To China
Foreign exhibitors bring exhibits into China on an ATA carnet written in English for exhibition use, or as temporary imports with a deposit. The customs broker registers the carnet with CCPIT before declaring, wooden packing needs an IPPC mark, and major shows route the venue through appointed home-court forwarders. Yihang Shipping is a China customs brokerage with AEO Advanced certification, so it handles the import file, the move to the venue’s handover point, and what happens after: return, retention in China, or the next show. For fair buyers, it consolidates samples and orders from several suppliers and ships them home.
Planning pages for the shows the desk works with most.
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
Canton Fair Spring 2027: April 15 – May 5 (three phases)General trade: manufacturing, home, consumer goods
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.
Temporary import without a carnet GuideTemporary 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 GuideCrates 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 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.
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.
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.
Yes, for exhibitions and fairs, commercial samples, and professional equipment. The carnet must be in English, with the purpose marked. For freight, the broker registers it electronically with CCPIT before the import declaration.
Yes, as a formal import with duty and VAT, or under a show’s retention policy if it has one and the piece qualifies. Temporarily imported exhibits cannot be sold on the floor first and declared later.
Yes. The suppliers deliver to one receiving point, or Yihang collects. The cargo is counted, photographed, cleared for export, and shipped by air, LCL, or FCL.
