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Commercial Information Circulars

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

Ref. : EIC 413/3

18 November 2022

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 915/2022

Brazil : Mandatory Merchandise Description Requirements

Brazil issued COANA Directive 95/2022 to amend COANA Directive 81/2022 requiring import declarations to include mandatory merchandise descriptions and specifications for a range of tariff lines, including the following products:

  • self-copy paper classified under Southern Common Market (Mercosur1) Common Classification (NCM) code 4809.20.00;
  • textured yarn of nylon measuring per single yarn not more than 500 decitex classified under NCM subheading 5402.31.1;
  • t-shirts, singlets, tank tops and similar garments of cotton classified under NCM code 6109.10.00;
  • clothes dryers with a drum capacity no greater than 23 litres classified under NCM code 8421.12.10; and
  • playing cards classified under NCM code 9504.40.00.

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:

COANA 81/2022:
http://normas.receita.fazenda.gov.br/sijut2consulta/link.action?idAto=124717

COANA 95/2022:
https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-coana-n-95-de-13-de-outubro-de-2022-437523410

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.