Canton Fair
The world's largest trade fair — three phases, every category.
Why this show is worth the flight
The Canton Fair is the widest single view of Chinese manufacturing there is — three themed phases covering electronics, homeware, textiles and more across a vast complex. For a broad sourcing brief, nothing else compares for breadth in one trip.
Upcoming editions
Cadence: Twice yearly · spring & autumn (three phases) · ~25,000 exhibitors · Official site
What a Silk Way tour around this show adds
The fair's scale is its own risk — it's easy to lose days and still leave with unverified contacts. We plan your phases around what you actually source, verify the suppliers you meet, and arrange factory visits so you leave with checked partners.
See how business tours workThe risks of sourcing from China — and how we remove them
Every importer faces the same handful of failure points. Here's what each one is, and what we do about it.
01Paying a trader's hidden markup
We verify the supplier is the actual manufacturer and show the factory price separately from our fee, so you never overpay a middleman.
02A 'factory' that turns out to be a shell company
We check business licenses, capacity and history, and visit the site in person before you commit a single payment.
03Losing the deposit to fraud
Funds go to Silk Way Sourcing under one contract, not to an unknown account, and the balance is tied to an inspection you approve.
04Receiving goods that don't match the sample
An independent pre-shipment inspection checks quantity, dimensions and quality against your spec, with a photo report, before anything ships.
05Goods stuck at customs over paperwork
We prepare and handle export and customs documentation end to end, so shipments clear without costly holds.
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