Canton Fair Phase 3: Apparel, Toys, Textiles, Personal Care and Food
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Last fact-checked: November 9, 2026.
Canton Fair Phase 3 is the apparel, toys, textiles, personal care and food session. For the 141st fair the organiser publishes it as 1-5 May 2027, hours 9:30-18:00, at No. 382 Yuejiang Zhong Road, Guangzhou. Home textiles are here. Household items are not. Festival gifts are not. Hardware is not.
Phase 2 ends on 27 April. The organiser does not list 28, 29, or 30 April as a phase. Phase 1 was the middle of April. If the list is garments, fabric, toys, or packaged food, this is the week you fly.
A typical case
A buyer wants two lines in one LCL, quoted FOB: children's cotton T-shirts, about 6 CBM, and a small run of plush toys. A third idea, boxed snacks for the same shop, is on the same notebook page. The T-shirts and the toys can share a sourcing week. They should not share a careless invoice line, and the snacks may not share the shipment at all. Medicines, health products, medical devices, food, and pet products and food are on the Phase 3 list. Being on that list is not an import permit.
Write the size run and the toy materials before you stand at the booth. Then put the lines that are actually allowed to move on the RFQ form.
The published Phase 3 groups
The exhibition-date page and the general-information page were both released 3 November 2026. The general-information page adds the international pavilion to Phase 3. The 141st floor plan was marked coming soon. Use the group names.
| Walk | Published groups | Settle this before a deposit |
|---|---|---|
| Apparel and textile | Kids' wear; men and women's clothing; underwear; sports and casual wear; furs, leather, downs and related products; fashion accessories and fittings; textile raw materials and fabrics; shoes; cases and bags; home textiles; carpets and tapestries | Garment or fabric, size run, and fibre, written on the quote |
| Kids, care, and office | Toys; children, baby and maternity products; personal care products; toiletries; office supplies; sports, travel and recreation products | Age grade and materials for anything a child uses |
| Shelves that often need a permit | Medicines, health products and medical devices; food; pet products and food; traditional Chinese specialties; international pavilion | The destination authority's rule, not the booth's claim |
Close names, different weeks
- Home textiles, carpets and tapestries are Phase 3. Household items are Phase 2.
- Toys and kids' wear are Phase 3. Festival products and gifts and premiums are Phase 2.
- Office supplies are Phase 3. Hardware and tools were Phase 1.
- Textile raw materials and fabrics are Phase 3. Weaving, rattan and iron products are Phase 2.
- Fashion accessories are Phase 3. Clocks, watches and optical instruments are Phase 2.
A buyer who "does fashion" can still be in the wrong week. A watch strap house and a garment house are not the same published group.
The fair category is not the import file
Food, medicines, health products, medical devices, and pet food can be exhibited and still be controlled at the destination. The booth can show a registration from a conformity body. That paper is evidence you can read. It is not, by itself, your country's release. Open the destination customs or product-safety page for that SKU, or have the broker do it, before the cartons are printed.
Toys and baby products need the same discipline on a smaller scale. Ask for the age grade and the materials in writing. A hangtag that says the toy is safe is a hangtag. Your market's rule is the one that will be applied on arrival. Do not copy a standard number off a banner into the purchase order unless you have the matching file.
Apparel fails more quietly. The booth shows one size on a form. The order is a run. If the spec does not name the size ratio, the fabric, and the trim, the factory will fill the blanks. Put the ratio on the proforma. A sample in one size does not approve the other sizes unless you say so. Samples and trial orders are the place to hold that line. The pre-shipment inspection checklist is how you check the bulk against it.
Office supplies and bags look simple next to food. They still need a description your broker can classify. "Stationery set" on a mixed carton, with a toy and a snack in the same box, is how one entry becomes three arguments. Keep the regulated line out of the garment cartons. The HS code is a classification, not a booth category.
What usually goes wrong
- Arriving on 28 April to "catch the end of the home show and the start of apparel." Neither phase is open that day on the published list.
- Buying cushion fabric in Phase 2's furniture halls and calling it the textile week. Fabrics are Phase 3.
- Letting a snack supplier share the T-shirt invoice so the forwarder sees one shipper. The destination file will not thank you.
- Approving a plush toy from a photo. Fibre, filling, and eyes are the spec. The photo hides them.
- Treating a traditional-specialty food booth as an ordinary gift buy. Food is on the Phase 3 list, and it is still food when it lands.
What to write before you pay
| On the card | On the proforma |
|---|---|
| Size run and fabric | Ratio, fibre, and colour or lot reference |
| Garment or fabric by the metre | Unit of sale, so the quantity means one thing |
| Toy age grade and materials | The same words, not a softer marketing line |
| Food, medicine, device, or pet food | A separate line, and the permit status your broker names |
| Destination rule | Who is the importer of record for that rule |
| Incoterm and place | So the freight quote matches the goods quote |
Small lots from several Phase 3 booths can still move together when the paperwork can describe them. That is a consolidation decision, made after the samples match. FOB only helps if the place is the one your forwarder can use. The sort from booth card to first order is on after the fair.
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 and categories, released 3 November 2026. Phase 3 is 1-5 May 2027.
- General information, released 3 November 2026. Hours, venue, international pavilion, floor plan marked coming soon.
- 139th and 140th session dates. The spring shape is the same April-May pattern. Confirm the live page before you travel.
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