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Commercial Information Circulars

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Ref. : EIC 413/3

13 April 2022

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 317/2022

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. 82 capital goods classified under Southern Common Market (Mercosur1) Common Classification (NCM) codes 8408.90.90, 8413.70.80, 8413.70.90, 8419.39.00, 8419.50.21, 8424.89.90, 8428.90.90, 8429.52.19, 8431.49.22, 8436.80.00, 8441.20.00, 8451.80.00, 8462.21.00, 8462.29.00, 8467.89.00, 8477.10.21, 8479.20.00, 8479.82.10, 8479.89.99, 8483.40.90, 8502.20.11, 8515.31.90, 8515.80.90, 9018.19.80 and 9031.90.90; and
  2. eight IT and telecom products classified under NCM codes 8517.62.55, 8517.62.71, 8541.40.32 and 8543.70.99.

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. 296/2022 (relevant to item (a) above):
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/resolucao-gecex-n-296-de-28-de-janeiro-de-2022-376908156

Resolution No. 297/2022 (relevant to item (b) above):
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/resolucao-gecex-n-297-de-28-de-janeirode-2022-376914276

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

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.