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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Brand Hong Kong - Asia world city
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24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

Ref : EIC 413/3

30 July 2019

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 577/2019

Brazil : Modification of Import Tariffs on Various Products

The Brazilian government has modified the import tariffs of a number of products 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, 85 and 90 to benefit from duty free treatment until 30 December 2020.
  2. Certain capital goods classified under NCM chapters 82, 84, 85, 86 and 90 to benefit from duty free treatment until 30 December 2020.
  3. Certain chemical substances classified under NCM chapters 28 and 29 to benefit from a reduced duty of 2%.

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 Directives (in Portuguese) which are available at:

Directive No. 219/2019 (relevant to item (a) above):
http://www.in.gov.br/materia/-/asset_publisher/Kujrw0TZC2Mb/content/id/65393832

Directive No. 220/2019 (relevant to item (b) above):
http://www.in.gov.br/materia/-/asset_publisher/Kujrw0TZC2Mb/content/id/65393869

Directive No. 241/2019 (relevant to item (c) above):
http://www.in.gov.br/materia/-/asset_publisher/Kujrw0TZC2Mb/content/id/69184609

ENQUIRIES

3.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss K Y HO 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. Membership of Venezuela has been temporarily suspended since 2 December 2016.

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.