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Ref : EIC 413/3

20 January 2014

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 77/2014

Brazil : Modification of Import Tariffs and Establishment of Tariff Rate Quotas on Various Products

The Brazilian government has modified the import tariffs of a number of products, and established tariff rate quotas on certain imports. A summary of the changes is set out as follows:

  1. Tariff rate quotas for the following products have been set up. Import within the quota would benefit from a 12-month reduced duty of 2% from 26 November 2013:
Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR1) Common Classification (NCM) code Product Description Quota
(tonnes)
 		 Out of
Quota
Tariff
Rate
2904.90.14 certain organic chemicals 3,600 14%
2921.11.11 certain monomethylamine 60 12%
2921.19.11 certain monomethylamine and its salts 738 14%
2921.19.22 certain di-n-propylamine and its salts 1,205 14%
2823.00.10 certain titanium oxides 8,000 10%
  1. Certain blood products classified under NCM codes 3002.10.39 Ex 028, Ex 029 and Ex 030, and 3004.90.99 Ex 021 would benefit from duty-free treatment from 5 December 2013.
  1. Certain blood products classified under NCM code 3002.10.39 Ex 031would benefit from duty-free treatment from 1 January 2014.
  1. Certain anaesthetic containing Sevoflurane classified under NCM code 3004.90.99 would be subject to the tariff rate of 8% from 5 December 2013.
  1. Certain capital goods classified in NCM chapters 84-85 and 90 will benefit from a reduced duty of 2% from 9 December 2013 until 31 December 2014.

2.For details of the Brazilian measures and the products involved, traders are advised to consult their importers in Brazil and/or the relevant Brazilian Resolutions (in Portuguese) which are available at:

Resolution No. 96/2013 (relevant to item (a) above):
http://www.camex.gov.br/legislacao/interna/id/1144

Resolution No. 102/2013 (relevant to items (b) to (d) above):
http://www.camex.gov.br/legislacao/interna/id/1151

Resolution No. 103/2013 (relevant to item (e) above):
http://www.camex.gov.br/legislacao/interna/id/1152.

ENQUIRIES

3.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Cindy CHENG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

1.The Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.



Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.