Commercial Information Circulars
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18 March 2022
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 227/2022
Brazil : Conformity Assessments and Technical Requirements for Various Products
The National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO) of Brazil approved conformity assessments and/or technical requirements of various products including:
- cork-type fuses and carboard cartridge-type fuses
- pre-packaged soap and bar soap products
- hydraulic brake fluids for motor vehicles
- single use sterile hypodermic syringes
- containers intended for ethyl alcohol packaging
- single use transfusion, gravitational infusion and infusion equipment for use with infusion pumps
- transportable steel containers intended for the packaging of liquefied petroleum gas
- ceiling fans
- tanks (reservoirs) of flat tank vessels
- liquid content for the quantitative indication of cosmetic and personal care products marketed in nominal quantities from 5g or ml to 20g or ml
- methodology for the quantitative verification of pre-packaged wheat flour
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:
Directive No. 444/2021 (relevant to item (a) above) :
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-444-de-26-de-outubro-de-2021-355499706
Directive No. 455/2021 (relevant to item (b) above) :
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-455-de-16-de-novembro-de-2021-360489620
Directive No. 456/2021 (relevant to item (c) above) :
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-456-de-16-de-novembro-de-2021-360480418
Directive No. 458/2021 (relevant to item (d) above) :
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-458-de-17-de-novembro-de-2021-360550163
Directive No. 460/2021 (relevant to item (e) above) :
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-460-de-18-de-novembro-de-2021-360943540
Directive No. 461/2021 (relevant to item (f) above) :
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-461-de-18-de-novembro-de-2021-360943677
Directive No. 464/2021 (relevant to item (g) above) :
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-464-de-23-de-novembro-de-2021-361987660
Directive No. 465/2021 (relevant to item (h) above) :
https://in.gov.br/web/dou/-/portaria-n-465-de-23-de-novembro-de-2021-361991071
Directive No. 471/2021 (relevant to item (i) above) :
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/-/portaria-n-471-de-24-de-novembro-de-2021-361988010
Directive No. 473/2021 (relevant to item (j) above) :
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/-/portaria-n-473-de-29-de-novembro-de-2021-364274245
Directive No. 474/2021 (relevant to item (k) above) :
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-474-de-29-de-novembro-de-2021-364288317
ENQUIRIES
3.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact Miss K Y HO at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Sandra FUNG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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.