How to Export to Brazil - Sprint Lazio

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Brazil – Ministry of External Relations INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 7 I. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT BRAZIL .............................................. 11 I.1. Geography ........................................................................................... 11 I.2. Population, urban centers and standard of living ................................ 14 I.3. Transportation and communications .................................................... 15 I.4. Political and administrative structure .................................................... 17 I.5. Foreign policy and international organizations .................................... 18 II. OVERVIEW OF THE BRAZILIAN ECONOMY ............................................. 19 II.1. Output ................................................................................................. 19 II.2. Employment and income ..................................................................... 21 II.3. Prices ................................................................................................. 23 II.4. Monetary policy ................................................................................... 24 II.5. Public accounts .................................................................................... 25 II.6. External accounts ................................................................................. 27 II.7. Trade flows............................................................................................ 29 III. IMPORTS: RULES AND PROCEDURES .................................................... 37 III.1. Classification fo goods ......................................................................... 42 III.2. Siscomex .............................................................................................. 43 III.3. Representation of the exporter/importer before customs .................... 44 III.4. Administrative treatment of imports ...................................................... 45 III.4.1. Administrative structure ............................................................. 45 III.4.2. Pro Forma Invoice ..................................................................... 46 III.4.3. Import licensing ........................................................................ 47 III.4.4. Authorizing agencies ................................................................ 49 III.5. Customs dispatch procedures ............................................................. 56 III.5.1. Ordinary customs dispatch procedure ...................................... 57 III.5.2. Simplified customs dispatch ..................................................... 57 III.5.3. Import by proxy ......................................................................... 58 III.5.4. Import by order ......................................................................... 58 III.5.5. Import Declaration - DI .............................................................. 59 III.5.6. Parameterization (green, yellow, red and grey channels) ......... 60 III.6. Tax treatment of imports ....................................................................... 60 III.6.1. Non-cumulativity of taxes .......................................................... 60 III.6.2. Import Tax (II) ............................................................................ 61 III.6.3. Tax on Industrialized Products (IPI) ........................................... 62 III.6.4. PIS-Import and Cofins-Import .................................................... 62 III.6.5. CIDE-Fuels ................................................................................ 63 III.6.6. Tax on the Distribution of Goods and Services – ICMS ............. 63 III.6.7. Additional Tax on Freight Charges for the Renovation of the Merchant Marine (AFRMM) ....................................................... 64 III.6.8. Fee on the use of Siscomex ...................................................... 65 III.6.9. Trade defense ........................................................................... 65 III.6.10. Miscellaneous expenses ........................................................... 67 III.7. Tariff preferences...................................................................................... 67 How to export to Brazil 3
Brazil – Ministry of External Relations III.7.1. Mercosur ................................................................................... 68 III.7.2. Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) ......................... 69 III.7.3. Andean countries ...................................................................... 69 III.7.4. Other agreements ..................................................................... 70 III.8. International payments and currency exchange................................... 70 III.8.1. Means of Payment ...................................................................... 70 III.8.2. Financing of imports ................................................................... 72 III.9. Special customs regimes ..................................................................... 72 III.9.1. Drawback ................................................................................... 72 III.9.2. Temporary admission ................................................................. 73 III.9.3. Customs warehouse ................................................................... 74 III.9.4. Free warehouse .......................................................................... 74 III.9.5. Triangular trade (Back-to-back credits) ....................................... 74 III.9.6. Customs transit ........................................................................... 75 IV. TRADE PROCEDURES AND COMMERCIAL PRACTICES ........................ 77 IV.1. Market survey ....................................................................................... 77 IV.2. Business practices ................................................................................ 78 IV.3. Government procurement ..................................................................... 79 IV.4. Distribution channels ............................................................................ 80 IV.4.1. Direct export ............................................................................... 80 IV.4.2. Indirect export ............................................................................. 80 IV.4.3. Sales Representative .................................................................. 81 IV.4.4. Opening a sales office in Brazil .................................................. 83 IV.5. Import logistics ..................................................................................... 83 IV.5.1. Sea transportation ..................................................................... 83 IV.5.2. Air transportation ....................................................................... 84 IV.5.3. Road transportation ................................................................... 85 IV.5.4. Railroad transportation .............................................................. 86 IV.5.5. International insurance for cargo ............................................... 87 IV.6. Trade promotion ................................................................................... 87 IV.6.1. Trade Fairs and Exhibitions ......................................................... 87 IV.6.2. Trade missions ............................................................................ 88 IV.6.3. Advertising and marketing .......................................................... 88 IV.6.4. Business trips ............................................................................. 88 V. GENERAL ADVICE TO EXPORTERS ......................................................... 91 V.1. Business and cultural customs ............................................................. 91 V.2. What to avoid ....................................................................................... 94 ANNEX I. GOVERNMENT BUREAUS, AUTONOMOUS STATE COMPANIES, FOUNDATIONS, PUBLIC COMPANIES AND OTHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CONTROLLED ENTITIES ........................................................ 97 1. BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAUS ...................................................... 97 2. BRAZILIAN EMBASSIES IN SOUTH AMERICA ........................................... 98 3. BRAZILIAN CONSULATES IN SOUTH AMERICA ..................................... 102 4 How to export to Brazil
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