BRAZIL

Brazil Lowers Duties on Additional Products

22 June 2018

Brazilian authorities have announced the addition of 244 items to a list of foreign capital goods and information technology and telecommunications goods that benefit from duty-free treatment under the Ex-Tarifario regime, down from 14 or 16 percent. More

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Brazil Lowers Duties on Additional Products

08 June 2018

Brazilian authorities have established the following tariff-rate quotas for a period of 12 months to correct a lack of supply in the Brazilian market. In-quota imports will benefit from a reduced two percent duty while out-of-quota merchandise will face regular rates of duty. More

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Brazilian Congress Approves Customs Co-operation Agreement with Mainland China

25 May 2018

The Brazilian Senate approved on 10 May the bi-lateral customs co-operation agreement that Brazil and mainland China signed in 2012. More

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Brazil Lowers Duties on Additional Products

25 May 2018

Brazilian authorities have announced the addition of 238 items to a list of foreign capital goods and information technology and telecommunications goods that benefit from duty-free treatment under the Ex-Tarifario regime, down from 14 or 16 percent. More

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Brazil to Launch New Import Process in October

25 May 2018

The Brazilian government has announced that implementation of the new import process within the single window for trade operations will begin in October. More

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Miscellaneous Latin American AD Actions on Mainland Chinese Products

11 May 2018

Topics: Argentina Begins AD Probe of Shock Absorbers for Motorcycles; Argentina Issues AD Duty Orders on Dishwashers, Certain Cutlery; Argentina Terminates AD Probe of Emergency Lighting Devices; Brazil Declines to Initiate AD Probe of Steel Tube. More

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Brazil Lowers Duties on Various Products

11 May 2018

Brazil has lowered from 14 percent to two percent the import duty on industrial fatty lauryl alcohol classified under NCM 3823.70.20. More

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Marcos Jorge Formally Named Brazil’s Trade Minister

27 April 2018

On 10 April, Marcos Jorge was formally designated Minister of Industry, Trade and Services more than three months after he assumed that position on an interim basis. More

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Brazil Strengthens Oversight of Lead Content Limit in Paint

27 April 2018

The Brazilian Congress has approved a new law that provides greater enforcement tools to ensure compliance with the lead content limit for children’s, home and school paint as well as varnishes and similar materials for surface coatings. More

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Brazil Mulling Reduction to Duties on Capital Goods

27 April 2018

According to press reports, Brazil’s Ministry of Finance has asked the Foreign Trade Chamber (CAMEX) to gradually reduce Brazil’s import duties on capital goods and information technology products in an effort to align them in the coming years with the global duty average for those products. More

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