Tool · Exhibitions
When does exhibition cargo have to be ready?
Exhibition cargo is planned backwards. Start from the receiving deadline in the exhibitor manual, take off delivery to the hall, customs release, the sea, rail, or air leg, and a margin, then the China side: pickup, export clearance, and the cut-off. The result is the latest day the cargo can be ready at the factory. The windows below are planning defaults; replace them with the quoted service.
Latest cargo-ready date
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Latest sailing / train / flight: —
From today: —
Enter the deadline and the transit to see the dates.
A planning estimate, not a booking. The quote names the real sailing and the latest date.
Quote against this dateQuestions exhibitors ask
Should I count from the opening day?
No. Count from the receiving deadline in the exhibitor manual, or the advance-warehouse deadline if you ship to one. Those are often days or weeks before the show opens.
Why is the margin so large for ocean?
Roll-overs, port congestion, and inspections all happen on ocean lanes, and a missed move-in date cannot be bought back. A week is a planning margin. The quote replaces it with the booked sailing.
What about Chinese New Year?
Factories and trucking slow for about two weeks around the holiday, and space is tight just before it. If the holiday falls between the cargo-ready date and the sailing, plan to be ready before it starts.
Is rail really faster to Europe?
Where the train replaces the sea route, it can be up to about 40% shorter. The tool uses that best case as a default. The quoted train schedule is the real figure.