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Brazilian Customs, Foreign trade, Exports



Import Procedures in Brazil. Brazilian Customs, tariffs

  1. Brazil as a member of the MERCOSUR
  2. MERCOSUR Trade Agreements
  3. Common External Tariff of the MERCOSUR
  4. Import Regime in Brazil
  5. Brazilian import tariffs
  6. Import Procedures in Brazil
  7. Import Licensing
  8. Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
  9. Labeling in Brazil
  10. Special administrative requirements for the agricultural products

Continuing education (International Trade & Business)

The Subject “Brazilian Customs” belongs to the following Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: World Trade.

Doctorate in International Business (DIB) Online

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB)

Languages: Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English + Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Brasil Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Brasil Study Doctorate in International Business in French Bresil.

Foreign Trade and Business in Brazil

Brazilian Customs - Import procedures.

The Federative Republic of Brazil, as a member of the MERCOSUR, applies the MERCOSUR Common External Tariff.

Import products in Brazil are taxed by tariffs and other import taxes such as the IPI, ICMS, PIS and CONFIS:

  1. Tax on Industrialized Products (IPI)
  2. Tax on Circulation of goods and services (ICMS)
  3. Contributions to PIS (Social Integration Programme) and CONFIS (Social Contribution to Social Security Financing)
  4. Tax on service delivery

The General MFN (Most-favoured-nation) not subject to the Foreign Trade preference varies between 0% and 35%.

  1. All tariffs in Brazil are ad valorem and applied on the CIF value of the imported product
  2. The Brazilian import tariffs are comparatively progressive (higher for the higher value-added products and reduced prices for the raw materials)
  3. Brazil applies an import licences administrative system (statistical and control purposes)
  4. All the goods to be imported into Brazil must be subject to the import clearance
  5. Brazil does not apply non-preferential rules of origin

India-MERCOSUR Preferential Trade Agreement

MERCOSUR Concessions

Trade Facilitation Programs. TFA Agreement

  1. World Trade Organization (WTO)
    1. Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
    2. Agreement on Sanitary Measures
    3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
    4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
    5. Agreement on Safeguards
    6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
  2. World Customs Organization (WCO)
    1. Kyoto Convention (Containers)
  3. BIC (Containers)
  4. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
  5. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
    1. Convention for Safe Containers
    2. Istanbul Convention
  6. Hamburg Rules (Maritime Transport)
  7. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
  8. International Chamber of Shipping
  9. Customs Convention on Containers - not a member



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