The 140th Canton Fair: Guangzhou Customs’ 12 Facilitation Measures and the Clearance Guide
- On 9 October 2026 Guangzhou Customs released 12 facilitation measures in support of the 140th China Import and Export Fair, together with a customs clearance guide for the session.
2026 年 10 月 9 日，广州海关发布支持第 140 届中国进出口商品交易会的 12 项便利措施，并发布本届广交会通关须知。
- Among the measures, “supporting in-hall inspection of imported exhibits” is new to this session: exhibits that would otherwise be inspected at the port can be inspected after arriving at the exhibition hall.
措施中，”支持进境展览品到馆查验”为本届新增：原本须在口岸完成查验的展览品，可在运抵展馆后实施查验。
- Guangzhou Customs describes the practical effect of in-hall inspection as saving the port unpacking step, gaining time for transport and set-up, and reducing the number of times exhibits are unpacked and moved.
广州海关介绍，到馆查验的实质效果是省去口岸拆装环节、抢出运输和布展时间，并减少展览品拆装搬移的次数。
- A further new measure supports agricultural and food exports: enterprises or farming and breeding bases may, with a recommendation obtained in advance from the agriculture department, be exempt from on-site customs assessment when submitting an overseas recommendation application.
另一项新增措施支持农产品、食品出口：出口农产品企业或种养殖基地可凭提前向农业农村部门申请获得的推荐意见，在向海关提交对外推荐申请时免于海关现场考核。
- The measures also cover efficient clearance for exhibits and personnel, on-site customs staffing, food and cosmetics imported for exhibition, tax treatment of exhibits purchased after the fair, and a streamlined departure tax-refund verification model.
措施还覆盖展览品和人员高效通关、派员驻场服务、食品和化妆品进境参展、留购展览品税收优惠，以及离境退税便捷验核模式。
- The first batch of inbound exhibits cleared through Guangzhou’s Nansha port on 27 September 2026 — 84 items weighing about 12.3 tonnes, including teapots, coffee machines and ceramic tableware made in Türkiye; by 9 October, 10 batches had entered through Nansha and Baiyun Airport.
首批进境展品于 2026 年 9 月 27 日经广州南沙口岸通关，共 84 件、总重约 12.3 吨，包括土耳其生产的茶壶、咖啡机、陶瓷餐具等；截至 10 月 9 日，已有 10 批次展品从南沙港、白云机场等口岸入境。
- The official position is that temporarily imported exhibits during the fair may enjoy measures such as customs staffing in the hall and exemption from submitting a tax guarantee, while exhibits purchased after the fair enjoy tax preferences in accordance with the applicable rules.
官方口径为：展期内暂时进境的展品可享受海关派员进驻展馆监管、免于向海关提交税款担保等优惠；留购展品按规定享受税收优惠。
The 140th Canton Fair: Guangzhou Customs’ 12 Facilitation Measures and the Clearance Guide | 第 140 届广交会：广州海关 12 项便利措施与通关须知
Overview
On 9 October 2026, Guangzhou Customs held a press conference at which it released the Measures of Guangzhou Customs in Support of the 140th China Import and Export Fair of 2026 — 12 measures in total — and the Customs Clearance Guide for the 140th Canton Fair of 2026. The two documents set out how customs will handle exhibits, personnel and goods connected with the session.
This article focuses on the customs dimension of the fair. It does not restate the fair’s overall scale or its three-phase arrangement, which are covered separately. The material below reproduces the measures and the clearance guide as described by Guangzhou Customs, and separates the official description from practical observation.
The 140th Canton Fair is held in the year that marks the 70th anniversary of the fair’s founding. Guangzhou Customs notes that it has set up expedited channels for inbound exhibits at key ports at each session since the 133rd Canton Fair.
The 12 facilitation measures
The 12 measures cover a range of customs functions connected with the fair. The areas they address include:
- Efficient clearance for exhibits and personnel — supporting the smooth entry and exit of exhibition goods and the people attending the fair.
- On-site staffing — Guangzhou Customs dispatches officers to serve at the venue during the fair.
- In-hall inspection of imported exhibits — a measure new to this session, described in more detail below.
- Food and cosmetics imported for exhibition — supporting the entry of food and cosmetics to be displayed at the fair.
- Tax treatment of exhibits purchased after the fair — supporting exhibits that are purchased after the fair in enjoying tax preferences.
- Streamlined departure tax-refund verification — optimising the model for verifying departure tax refunds.
- A pilot reform of “batch inspection (quarantine)” for exports — implementing the pilot for export goods.
- Support for agricultural and food exports — a measure new to this session, described below.
The measures are published as a single document of 12 items. The list above groups them by the function they serve; it does not assign the items to numbered positions.
In-hall inspection of imported exhibits
The measure new to this session is the support for in-hall inspection of imported exhibits. Zeng Qi, deputy director of the Port Supervision Division of Guangzhou Customs, explained the background.
Under the ordinary arrangement, exhibits that require inspection must complete inspection at the port before the enterprise can move them to the exhibition hall for set-up. Under in-hall inspection, the inspection can be carried out after the exhibits reach the hall. Guangzhou Customs describes the practical effect in two ways.
First, the port unpacking step is saved. This gains time for transport and set-up, and saves logistics and warehousing costs. Second, the exhibits are unpacked only once, avoiding a second round of unpacking and moving, which reduces the risk of damage. This is described as particularly helpful for the safe set-up of high-value, precision and fragile exhibits.
Support for agricultural and food exports
The other measure new to this session concerns exports of agricultural products and food. An exporting enterprise, or a farming and breeding base, may obtain a recommendation from the agriculture and rural affairs department in advance. With that recommendation, when the enterprise submits an application for overseas recommendation to customs, it is exempt from the on-site assessment that customs would otherwise carry out.
This is a procedural facilitation on the export side. It reduces one step in the process of obtaining an overseas recommendation, and it applies to the enterprises and bases that hold the prior recommendation from the agriculture department.
The clearance guide and the first inbound exhibits
The Customs Clearance Guide for the session sets out eight areas: Canton Fair filing; approval and admission of exhibits; declaration of inbound materials; inspection and release of exhibits; supervision during the fair; disposal of exhibits; supervision of personnel and personal effects; and equipment for press interviews. The guide is the reference document for participants handling the customs side of the fair.
The first batch of inbound exhibits cleared through Guangzhou Customs on 27 September 2026, entering China through the Nansha port in Guangzhou. The batch consisted of teapots, coffee machines, ceramic tableware and similar items made in Türkiye, totalling 84 items with a combined weight of about 12.3 tonnes. By 9 October, 10 batches of exhibits had entered through ports including Nansha port and Baiyun Airport.
On the tax side, the official description is that all exhibits temporarily imported during the fair may enjoy measures such as customs officers being stationed in the exhibition hall to supervise them, and exemption from submitting a tax guarantee to customs, which reduces the pressure on enterprises’ use of funds. Exhibits that are purchased after the fair enjoy tax preferences in accordance with the applicable rules. The official framing is not that all exhibits are duty-free; it is that temporarily imported exhibits are exempt from submitting a tax guarantee, and that exhibits purchased after the fair are treated under the relevant tax preferences.
Practical notes for exhibitors
- Plan around the two new measures. In-hall inspection can shorten the path from port to hall for fragile or high-value exhibits, and the export facilitation removes an assessment step for enterprises that hold a prior agriculture-department recommendation.
- Use the clearance guide as the checklist. The eight areas in the guide map to the tasks an exhibitor must complete, from filing and declaration to disposal of exhibits after the fair.
- Distinguish the two tax treatments. Temporary import is linked to exemption from submitting a tax guarantee; purchase after the fair is linked to the applicable tax preferences. These are separate matters and should be handled separately.
- Check timing early. The first batch cleared on 27 September and further batches followed through early October, so exhibit logistics run in the weeks before the fair opens.
Sources
- 人民网广东频道·广州海关支持第 140 届广交会 12 项便利措施（2026-10-09）：https://gd.people.com.cn/n2/2026/1009/c123932-41717162.html
- 海关总署广东分署·第 140 届广交会首批进境展品顺利通关（2026-09-30）：http://gdfs.customs.gov.cn/guangzhou_customs/2026-09/30/article_2026093011194931582.html
- 中新社·第 140 届广交会广州海关便利措施报道：https://m.chinanews.com/wap/detail/cht/zw/10709661.shtml
第 140 届广交会：广州海关 12 项便利措施与通关须知
概述
2026 年 10 月 9 日，广州海关举行新闻发布会，发布《广州海关支持 2026 年第 140 届中国进出口商品交易会便利措施》，共 12 条，并发布《2026 年第 140 届广交会广州海关通关须知》。两份文件规定了海关对本届广交会相关的展览品、人员与物资的通关安排。
本文聚焦广交会的海关通关这一垂直维度，不重复展会的整体规模与三期安排，相关内容另有专文。下文照录广州海关介绍的措施与通关须知，并将官方表述与实务观察分开。
第 140 届广交会举办之年，适逢广交会创办 70 周年。广州海关介绍，自第 133 届广交会以来，该关每届均在主要口岸设置进境展品通关便捷通道。
12 项便利措施
12 条措施覆盖与广交会相关的多项海关职能。其涉及的方面包括：
- 展览品和人员高效通关——支持展览品与参会人员的顺畅进出境。
- 派员驻场服务——广交会期间，广州海关派员进驻场馆提供服务。
- 支持进境展览品到馆查验——本届新增措施，下文详述。
- 支持食品和化妆品进境参展——支持用于展示的食品和化妆品进境。
- 支持留购展览品享受税收优惠——支持展后留购的展览品按规定享受税收优惠。
- 优化离境退税便捷验核模式——优化离境退税的验核方式。
- 实施出口”批次检验（检疫）”改革试点——对出口货物实施该项试点。
- 支持农产品、食品出口——本届新增措施，下文详述。
上述措施以一份 12 条的文件发布。以上列表按其所服务的职能归类，并未把各条对应到具体序号。
进境展览品到馆查验
本届新增的措施是支持进境展览品到馆查验。广州海关口岸监管处副处长曾琦介绍了相关背景。
在一般情况下，需查验的展览品须在口岸完成查验后，企业才能将其运往展馆布展。实施”到馆查验”后，查验可在展览品运抵展馆后进行。广州海关从两个方面介绍了其实质效果。
其一，省去口岸拆装环节。这为运输和布展抢出了时间，也省下了物流仓储开支。其二，展览品只拆一次箱，避免了二次拆装搬移，从而降低损耗。广州海关表示，这对高值、精密、易损展品的安全布展尤为有利。
支持农产品、食品出口
本届另一项新增措施涉及农产品与食品出口。出口农产品企业或种养殖基地可提前向农业农村部门申请并获得推荐意见。凭该推荐意见，企业在向海关提交对外推荐申请时，免于海关现场考核。
这是出口环节的一项程序便利，减少了一道办理对外推荐的环节，适用于已取得农业农村部门事先推荐的出口农产品企业或种养殖基地。
通关须知与首批进境展品
本届通关须知列明八个方面：广交会备案、展览品审批和准入、进境物资申报、展览品查验与放行、展中监管、展览品处置、人员及个人物品监管，以及记者采访器材。该须知是参会方办理海关事务的参考文件。
首批进境展品于 2026 年 9 月 27 日经广州海关监管验放，在广州南沙口岸顺利通关入境。该批展品为土耳其生产的茶壶、咖啡机、陶瓷餐具等，共 84 件，总重约 12.3 吨。截至 10 月 9 日，已有 10 批次展品从南沙港、白云机场等口岸入境。
在税收方面，官方表述为：展期内暂时进境的所有展品，可享受海关派员进驻展馆监管、免于向海关提交税款担保等优惠措施，减轻企业资金占用压力。展后留购的展览品，则按规定享受税收优惠。官方口径并非”所有展品免税”，而是暂时进境展品免于提交税款担保，留购展品按规定适用相应的税收优惠。
参展方实务提示
- 围绕两项新措施安排计划。 对易损或高值展品而言，到馆查验可缩短从口岸到展馆的路径；对已取得农业农村部门事先推荐的企业而言，出口便利减少了一道考核环节。
- 把通关须知当作清单。 须知中的八个方面对应参展方需完成的事项，从备案、申报到展后展览品处置。
- 区分两类税收安排。 暂时进境对应免于提交税款担保；展后留购对应按规定适用的税收优惠。二者是不同事项，应分别办理。
- 尽早核对时间安排。 首批展品于 9 月 27 日通关，其后多批次在 10 月初陆续入境，展品物流在展会开幕前数周即已展开。
来源
- 人民网广东频道·广州海关支持第 140 届广交会 12 项便利措施（2026-10-09）：https://gd.people.com.cn/n2/2026/1009/c123932-41717162.html
- 海关总署广东分署·第 140 届广交会首批进境展品顺利通关（2026-09-30）：http://gdfs.customs.gov.cn/guangzhou_customs/2026-09/30/article_2026093011194931582.html
- 中新社·第 140 届广交会广州海关便利措施报道：https://m.chinanews.com/wap/detail/cht/zw/10709661.shtml