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Commercial Information Circulars

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Ref. : EIC 413/3

19 August 2019

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 621/2019

Brazil : Lowers Duties on Additional Products

The Brazilian government has announced the addition of 315 items to a list of foreign capital goods and information technology (IT) and telecommunications (telecom) goods that benefit from duty-free treatment under the Ex-Tariff regime.  Of the 315 items, 285 items are capital goods and the remaining 30 are IT and telecom goods.  Apart from a few exceptions, capital goods classified under Harmonized System (HS) Chapters 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 90 and 94 will benefit from duty-free treatment through 31 December 2020.  The IT and telecom goods which are classified under HS Chapters 84, 85 and 90 will also benefit from the same arrangement.

2.Separately, the Brazilian government has revised the tariff-rate quota for the following imports :

Southern Common Market (Mercosur1) Common Classification (NCM) Code Product Quota
(tonnes)		 Tariff Rate
(%)		 Out of Quota Tariff Rate
(%)		 Effective
Period
3904.30.00 vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate co-polymers 6,000 2 14 10 May 2019 - 9 May 2020

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

Resolution No. 390/2019 (relevant to the revision of the tariff-rate quota above)
http://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/-/portaria-n%C2%BA-390-de-6-de-maio-de-2019-87305217?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkRSbE1EUTVZVE16WXpJeSIsInQiOiJ0XC8yckRPNm53cnhzSHV0c3VNZk9JbkJZT0ZnOEtiNUFBM1NDM3hGSTZhQXVhenFlS2pYMWJnN2F0RVJVM0NJSGdSMURnblF0Z3pxU05OTjA4dGZPWU5pcE9XMVB1SVpiaVNPWHRRQlI0K2R5ZFNsQkpzYzZrQ2ZtXC8zcFBcL204WCJ9
 
Resolution No. 391/2019 (relevant to the duty-free treatment for capital goods above)
http://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n%C2%BA-391-de-7-de-maio-de-2019-87559785?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVRneE5UUTJZVEUyWXpaayIsInQiOiJxS0JacGxORW9Tc2ZZVHlLRTRVeWxSdEJKOFwvamNYVGhcL2lmY29HUWZ4WkVxeVJKK041WGpnaU1qSVlUdkFsd2x3cnRNUmJzNW10c0h0RGNjSk1DblFIb0lCOFFzdTZQTDJqYkhFXC9pdWxFczVZZ3lDXC9jdFBYU2xjcUd2MmZsYjAifQ%3D%3D
 
Resolution No. 392/2019 (relevant to the duty-free treatment for IT and telecom goods above)
http://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n%C2%BA-392-de-7-de-maio-de-2019-87559788?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVRneE5UUTJZVEUyWXpaayIsInQiOiJxS0JacGxORW9Tc2ZZVHlLRTRVeWxSdEJKOFwvamNYVGhcL2lmY29HUWZ4WkVxeVJKK041WGpnaU1qSVlUdkFsd2x3cnRNUmJzNW10c0h0RGNjSk1DblFIb0lCOFFzdTZQTDJqYkhFXC9pdWxFczVZZ3lDXC9jdFBYU2xjcUd2MmZsYjAifQ%3D%3D

ENQUIRIES

4.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss K Y HO at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Relena KONG)
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.