Yiwu Fair (China Yiwu International Commodities Fair): Dates, Halls and Buyer Notes
Published by Aeonix Trade.
The 32nd China Yiwu International Commodities Fair, on the organiser's English site, ran trade days 21-24 October 2026, 8:30 to 17:00, and a public day on 25 October, 8:30 to 14:00, at Yiwu International Expo Center. The next session's dates were not on that site.
Last fact-checked: 9 November 2026. The intro page still described the 32nd fair in the future tense after those dates had passed. This article reports the page. It does not invent a 33rd session.
The fair is not the market next door. The year-round booths are the Yiwu market guide. Which of the three doors you should walk is Canton Fair versus Yiwu market versus Yiwu Fair.
What the organiser published for the 32nd
The fair's English name on the site is China Yiwu International Commodities Fair - Export Goods Exhibition. The intro says it was founded in 1995. For the 32nd session it lists:
- venue: Yiwu International Expo Center;
- 4,500 international standard booths;
- 3,000 exhibitors;
- 110,000 square metres;
- sectors: daily consumer goods, hardware and tools, architectural hardware, electronic appliances, toys, sports and outdoor leisure, cultural and office supplies, and trade services;
- an estimated 180,000 professional buyers expected. That word is the organiser's. It is an expectation on the page, not a counted attendance, and the page had not been updated to a result when checked.
The hours are on the fair-information page, not only in the intro. Trade days 21-24 October 2026, 8:30-17:00. Public day 25 October 2026, 8:30-14:00. The public day is a different room from a trade-day meeting. Do not plan supplier negotiations for the afternoon of the 25th on the strength of the trade-day clock.
The organiser also says the fair holds UFI certification and lists a string of exhibition awards. Those are claims on the intro page. They are not re-checked against UFI's directory here. The hotline printed on the site is +86-579-85415888.
Fair, market, Canton Fair
Buyers mix the three names up because all three sell small commodities and two of them say Yiwu.
| Place | When, as published | What you walk |
|---|---|---|
| Yiwu Fair | 32nd session, 21-25 October 2026. Next date: unavailable. | A short export-goods exhibition |
| Yiwu market | Most days. Hours notice dated 2019. See the hours page. | Permanent booths |
| Canton Fair | 141st session, three phases in April and May 2027 | A phase matched to your product |
The market does not move into the expo center for a week, and the hours notice does not say the trade city closes for the fair. If you do both, keep two clocks. Market hours are on opening hours. Canton Fair phases are on the dates page.
Who the 32nd page was for
The sector list is daily goods, hardware, small appliances, toys, sports, office supplies, and trade services. A buyer of industrial machinery will not find the Canton Fair Phase 1 halls here. A buyer of hair accessories, festival items, or small tools might, and might do better in the permanent market if they need more than four days and a lower minimum. The fair is a concentrated week. The market is the rest of the year.
A typical case
A buyer of outdoor leisure goods sees "Yiwu fair 2026" and assumes the next edition is already dated. On 9 November 2026 the organiser's page still described 21-24 October 2026 and did not post a later session. She does not buy flights. She uses the market for a replenishment of the same category, under FOB at the port her forwarder names, LCL if the volume is small, and she sets an alert for the fair site rather than a blog that has already printed "October 2027." When a session number and a date appear on en.yiwufair.com, she re-reads the trade-day hours before she believes them. Until then the date is unavailable.
Mistakes that come from the name
Searching "Yiwu fair" and walking into the trade city on a date you copied from a 2024 article. The expo center and the market are different addresses. The market guide has the districts. This page has the fair.
Treating the expected 180,000 buyers as a result. The page says expected. It is not an audited turnout, and it should not be the reason you choose the fair over the market.
Booking the public day for meetings. The information page gives that day a shorter clock, 8:30 to 14:00, and labels it public. Confirm on the session page you are actually attending that the split is unchanged.
Questions the missing date creates
When is the next Yiwu Fair?
Unavailable on the organiser's English pages checked 9 November 2026. The 32nd dates above are historical as of that check, even though the page had not switched tense.
Do I need the fair if I already use the market?
Only if you want that week's concentration of daily-goods exhibitors. The market is open on the hours notice the rest of the time. Many buyers do the market and skip the fair. The comparison is the Canton-versus-Yiwu page.
Where is the buyer badge?
The site has a visitor-services path and a "Get Trade Badge" label. The rules for a future session were not copied here, because the next session is not dated. Read the badge page that belongs to the session you will attend. Do not reuse a Canton Fair badge. That badge is a different organiser.
A sourcing list for the market, while you wait for a fair date, goes on an RFQ. A hosted market day is a Yiwu market visit. The wider 2027 fair calendar, with the dates that are actually verified, is the China trade fairs calendar.
Sources
- Yiwu Fair: brief introduction. 32nd session dates, venue, booth and exhibitor counts, sectors, and the expected-buyer line. Checked 9 November 2026.
- Yiwu Fair: fair information. Trade days 8:30-17:00 and public day 8:30-14:00.
- Canton Fair: General information. Release date on the page: 4 November 2026. The other calendar in the comparison table.
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