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Ref : EIC 413/3

31 May 2016

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 456/2016

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

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

  1. Certain information technology and telecommunications goods classified under Southern Common Market (Mercosur1) Common Classification (NCM) chapters 84 and 85 to benefit from a reduced duty of 2% until 31 December 2017.

  2. Certain capital goods classified under NCM chapters 73, 82, 84, 85, 87 and 90 to benefit from a reduced duty of 2% until 31 December 2017.

  3. Goods classified under NCM code 8607.99.00 to benefit from a reduced duty of 2% until 31 December 2016.

  4. Import duty on certain moulds classified under NCM code 8480.71.00 to benefit from a reduced duty of 14%.

  5. In-quota imports of 240,780 vials of 10-gram human serum albumin classified under NCM code 3002.10.37 benefit from duty-free treatment for a period of six months until 4 October 2016, while out-of-quota tariff rate is 4%.

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. 21/2016 (relevant to item (a) above):
http://www.camex.gov.br/legislacao/interna/id/1517

Resolution No. 22/2016 (relevant to items (b) and (c) above):
http://www.camex.gov.br/legislacao/interna/id/1518

Resolution No. 31/2016 (relevant to item (d) above):
http://www.camex.gov.br/legislacao/interna/id/1530

Resolution No. 32/2016 (relevant to item (e) above):
http://www.camex.gov.br/legislacao/interna/id/1528

ENQUIRIES

3.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Mr Lewis LAU at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Lydia CHAN)
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.