Philippines Trade Fair Calendar 2026: 18 Major Shows by Month, Venue and Sector

How to use this calendar: sector first, month second, flights last

The Philippines runs roughly twenty trade shows a year that matter to foreign suppliers and buyers, almost all of them in four halls in Metro Manila, and the calendar is lopsided: March to June and July to October are the two peaks, while January and December are quiet. Use it in three steps — identify the one or two shows for your sector, see which month they fall in, then build factory visits and channel calls around the same trip.

Three rules before the tables.

• Dates come from the organizers. Every 2026 date below was checked against organizer websites and public announcements in September 2026. Philippine shows move more often than people expect: PhilConstruct Manila historically ran in November and shifted to June for 2026. Re-check before booking space or flights.
• Know whether a show is trade or public. Vehicle shows, the franchise expo and some food shows draw heavy consumer traffic, which is useful for reading the market. Procurement shows are quieter but have a far higher density of decision-makers.
• Visit before you exhibit. Booking a booth with no local customer base is the most common waste. The dividing line is set out in the second-to-last section below.

January to June: construction, vehicles, franchising and food export

The first half concentrates between March and June, when construction, automotive, franchising and food effectively fill the calendar. Dates below are the actual 2026 editions.

The pairing to understand in the first half is WorldBex in March against PhilConstruct Manila in June: same market, very different audiences — compared in the WorldBex guide and the PhilConstruct four-leg guide. In food, IFEX in May is export-oriented while MAFBEX in June serves domestic demand, so their uses are opposite — see the IFEX Philippines guide.

July to December: manufacturing, food, retail, medical and home

The second half is dense from July through October across manufacturing and consumer retail, and thins out after November apart from PhilConstruct Cebu.

Two efficient combinations sit in the second half. Philippine Manufacturing Week in July puts auto parts, commercial vehicle and tooling buyers under one roof, so a machinery or components supplier can make this the only trip of the year — show selection logic is in choosing between the Philippine auto parts and motorcycle shows. And PackPrintPlas sits one week before Manila FAME in October, so a packaging supplier can also read the packaging needs of home-goods exporters — see the Manila FAME buyer guide.

By sector: go straight to your show

If you already know your sector, use this lookup instead of reading the whole calendar.

For franchising, the show is only the entry point; how to negotiate terms in a country with no dedicated franchise statute is covered in the Franchise Asia Philippines guide.

Four halls, one neighbourhood

One fact makes trip planning much easier: nearly every major Philippine trade show happens in Pasay City around the SM Mall of Asia complex, within a few kilometres of each other, so a single hotel covers everything running that week.

Three practical points. Stay near Mall of Asia and all four halls are a walk or a ten-minute ride away. NAIA to this area takes 20-40 minutes off-peak and roughly double at peak. And when show days fall on a weekend, mall-area traffic slows noticeably, so build buffer into early meetings. Summits and annual meetings that need interpretation carry an extra check: booth provision and a clean audio feed, settled before the venue contract is signed.

Planning the year: separate the visiting year from the exhibiting year

Split the first two years of market entry into a visiting year and an exhibiting year rather than booking a booth immediately.

Year one, visiting. Two trips only. The first covers your primary sector show, three days on the floor plus two days of channel or factory visits. The second covers the alternative show and tests the conclusions from the first. Three deliverables: a list of 30-50 local companies sorted into importer, distributor and end user; competitor price bands; and a written recommendation on whether to exhibit.

Year two, exhibiting. Book one show only, working back six months: D-180 space and exhibit list, D-120 customs route for exhibits, D-90 stand contractor, D-60 English documentation and certificates, D-30 buyer invitations, D-7 exhibits on the ground. Keep one pure visiting trip in the year for the show you are not exhibiting at.

Year three onwards. Settle on one show to exhibit at and one to visit, and stabilise the budget. This is a relationship-driven market, and three consecutive editions of one show usually outperforms three different shows in three years.

Trip logistics, districts and expense documentation are covered in the related articles listed at the end.

Booking a booth in year one means paying booth money for a judgement you have not tested — until you hold the local company list, the competitor price bands and a written verdict on exhibiting, you cannot tell an importer at your stand from a competitor. Let us plan the two trips of your visiting year around your sector →

Where the line sits: when a booth makes sense

There is one test: do you already have one or two real customers or a distributor in the Philippines? If yes, a booth can be justified. If no, visit first.

The reason is conversion, not cost. A booth produces inquiries, and inquiries need local follow-up to become orders. Without someone on the ground, the cards collected over three days go cold within two weeks. Visiting has a different goal — building a list and forming a judgement — and one person can do it alone.

If you do exhibit, four workstreams run in parallel: booth (shell scheme or raw space), exhibits (ATA Carnet, temporary importation against a bond, or formal import), people (entry and status), and follow-up (an English summary within 72 hours). The one that most often fails is exhibit customs rather than the booth. The Philippines has accepted ATA Carnets since July 15, 2024, giving temporary admission and re-export a standard route, but consumables, giveaways and samples sold on site still require formal importation with duty paid. Full mechanics are in exhibiting at a Philippine trade show.

Why dates move, and how to verify them yourself

Philippine show dates shift more often than most planners expect, for three reasons: venue calendar conflicts with large events, deliberate seasonal repositioning by organizers, and disruption during the typhoon season from roughly June to October. Use this calendar for sector and month, and the organizer site for the exact dates.

Verify in this order.

1. Organizer website first. The home page and the exhibit page update earliest. For association-run shows, also check the association site — PCA, CAMPI, PFA, PRA.
2. Venue calendars second. SMX and PICC publish event schedules that cross-check well.
3. Organizer social media third. Philippine organizers often post updates on Facebook before the website changes.
4. Re-check 30 days before booking flights, particularly for biennial shows such as PIMS in even years and for shows that recently moved, such as PhilConstruct Manila shifting from November to June in 2026.

All 2026 dates listed here were checked against organizer websites and public announcements in September 2026; 2027 dates follow the organizers except where already published. To combine show days, factory audits, channel visits and compliance meetings into one itinerary, see our market entry and inspection support; for exhibit clearance, certification and import compliance, see product access services. For contract, tariff and tax questions, consult a licensed lawyer or accountant; this article is not a substitute for professional advice.