Canton Fair Phase 2: Housewares, Gifts, Decor and Furniture
Published by Aeonix Trade.
Last fact-checked: November 9, 2026.
Canton Fair Phase 2 is the housewares, gifts, decor and furniture session. For the 141st fair the organiser publishes it as 23-27 April 2027, hours 9:30-18:00, at No. 382 Yuejiang Zhong Road, Guangzhou. Watches are on this list. Consumer electronics are not. Home textiles are not. Toys are not.
That split is the reason to read the group names before you book the hotel. Phase 1 has already ended on 19 April. Phase 3 does not start until 1 May. The days between are not a published phase.
A typical case
A buyer of ceramic tableware and storage boxes wants one LCL, quoted FOB, of about 9 CBM. The ceramic is fragile. The boxes are bulky. A third line, cushion covers, looks like the same "home" trip. It is not. Household items are published in Phase 2. Home textiles are published in Phase 3. The cushion covers are a different week, and they should not be written onto the ceramic proforma to save a booth day.
Send the Phase 2 lines through the RFQ form with the finish codes attached. A photo of a booth wall is not a finish code.
The published Phase 2 groups
Dates are on the exhibition-date page. The fuller group list, including prefabricated housing and courtyard facilities and the international pavilion, is on the general-information page. Both were released 3 November 2026. The exhibition-date page stops at furniture. Use the general-information page when you need the longer list. The 141st floor plan on that page was marked coming soon, so do not navigate by a borrowed hall number.
| Walk | Published groups | What to settle at the booth |
|---|---|---|
| Tabletop | General ceramics; kitchenware and tableware; glass artware; art ceramics | Packing method, and whether the sample is the item you will reorder |
| Home and gifts | Household items; home decorations; gardening products; festival products; gifts and premiums; clocks, watches and optical instruments; weaving, rattan and iron products | Gift box as its own SKU, or a product you will replenish |
| Building and furniture | Building and decorative materials; sanitary and bathroom equipment; furniture; prefabricated housing and courtyard facilities; international pavilion | A finish board you can ship, versus a full piece you only photograph |
Neighbours that are a different week
The category list is where buyers lose a day. The names sound close. The weeks are not.
- Clocks, watches and optical instruments are Phase 2. Consumer electronics and information products are Phase 1.
- Gifts and premiums, and festival products, are Phase 2. Toys are Phase 3.
- Household items are Phase 2. Home textiles, carpets and tapestries are Phase 3.
- Weaving, rattan and iron products are Phase 2. Textile raw materials and fabrics are Phase 3.
A furniture booth may still hand you a fabric swatch. If you intend to buy the fabric, that purchase is a Phase 3 conversation unless the swatch is only a finish reference for the frame you are ordering now. Write which one it is on the card.
Fragile, bulky, and the sample that is not the order
Ceramic and glass need a packing line on the quote before anyone talks about a rate. "Standard export carton" is not a method. Ask how many pieces sit in a carton, what separates them, and who pays if the sample you carry home is the only one packed that way. The bulk has to match.
Furniture and sanitary ware fail the other way. The stand shows a full vanity or a dining table. Your LCL cannot absorb that cube just so you can "see it again" in your warehouse. Take a finish board, a hardware sample, and dimensions. Price the real cube on the proforma. The CBM is the volume you will be billed on. It is not the footprint of the booth.
Gifts and premiums are a third trap. A festival box can be a one-season item with a printed insert you will never reorder. If the insert is a separate SKU, it needs its own line, its own quantity, and its own lead time. Folding it into the product price makes the replenishment order wrong next season.
The international pavilion is on the Phase 2 general-information list. It is not a shortcut around the Chinese export file, and it is not a different Incoterm. If you buy there, the FOB or other named rule still has to say the place. Shared freight, if the lots are small, still goes through LCL from China.
What usually goes wrong
- Booking Phase 2 to see toys, because the gift halls "feel like the same show." Toys are Phase 3.
- Adding cushion covers to a ceramic invoice because both were bought in Guangzhou that month. They were not bought in the same phase.
- Accepting a furniture quote with no finish code. The next production run then uses a different stain, and the sample board is back in your suitcase.
- Carrying a glass sample in a suitcase and assuming the bulk cartons are packed the same way. They are not, unless the packing list says so.
- Using a watch booth as if it were the consumer-electronics week. Lighting and electronics were Phase 1, which ended on 19 April.
Booth card for this phase
| Write this down | Check it against |
|---|---|
| Gift item, or a product you will reorder | Whether the printed insert has its own quantity |
| Finish code | The sample in your bag and the line on the quote |
| Ceramic or glass packing | Pieces per carton and the divider, not the word "export carton" |
| Furniture: board or full piece | The CBM you are actually willing to ship |
| Textile or not | Phase 3, if you are buying fabric or home textiles |
| Incoterm and place | Two quotes you can put on one sheet |
Sort the cards the same evening. The sequence from that pile to a sample and a deposit is on after the fair. If the lots are small and from several booths, price them as one shipment only after each line still matches its sample. That job sits with consolidation, not with the booth.
See also Canton Fair 2027 Dates, Phases and Which Products Each Phase Covers and Canton Fair Guide for First-Time Buyers.
Official sources
- 141st exhibition dates, released 3 November 2026. Phase 2 is 23-27 April 2027.
- General information, released 3 November 2026. Longer Phase 2 list, hours, venue, and the coming-soon floor plan.
- 139th and 140th session dates, for the earlier April and October pattern. Daily talks 9:30-18:00.
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