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Ref. : EIC 413/2

16 December 2021

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 880/2021

Brazil : Removal of Duty-Free Treatment for Certain Products

The Brazilian Government has removed certain products from a list of capital goods, information technology (IT) and telecommunication (telecom) products that benefit from duty-free treatment under the Ex-Tarifario regime. A summary of the concerned products is set out as follows: -

  1. 17 capital goods classified under Southern Common Market (Mercosur1) Common Classification (NCM) codes 8413.70.90, 8419.32.00, 8421.19.90, 8422.30.29, 8424.89.90, 8424.90.90, 8428.90.90, 8433.59.90, 8457.10.00, 8462.29.00, 8464.90.90, 8477.80.90, 8479.40.00, 8480.79.90, 9018.19.90 and 9022.90.80;
  2. two IT and telecom products classified under NCM code 8541.40.32;
  3. 18 capital goods classified under NCM codes 8413.70.90, 8415.90.90, 8418.69.99, 8421.21.00, 8422.40.90, 8428.90.90, 8429.52.19, 8430.41.20, 8439.30.90, 8474.31.00, 8480.79.90, 8483.40.90, 8530.90.00, 9018.19.80, 9022.14.11, 9027.80.99, 9031.80.99 and 9402.90.20; and
  4. two IT and telecom products classified under NCM codes 8443.32.99 and 8471.90.12.

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) available at:

Resolution No. 256/2021 (relevant to item (a) above):
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/resolucao-gecex-n-256-de-24-de-setembro-de-2021-347620297

Resolution No. 257/2021 (relevant to item (b) above):
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/resolucao-gecex-n-257-de-24-de-setembro-de-2021-347593014

Resolution No. 267/2021 (relevant to item (c) above):
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/resolucao-gecex-n-267-de-18-de-outubro-de-2021-353351482

Resolution No. 268/2021 (relevant to item (d) above):
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/resolucao-gecex-n-268-de-18-de-outubro-de-2021-353308065

ENQUIRIES

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

Yours faithfully,

(Ken NG)
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.