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<strong>Brazil</strong> – Ministry of External Relations<br />

Coming from Ecuador, Colombia or Venezuela, the route crosses the Amazon <strong>to</strong><br />

Tabatinga and other border locations in the North region, and then on <strong>to</strong> Manaus<br />

(state of Amazonas, where is located the important Free Zone of Manaus), Boa Vista<br />

(Roraima), Macapá (Amapá), Por<strong>to</strong> Velho (Rondônia) and <strong>to</strong> capitals in the Northeast<br />

states: João Pessoa (Paraíba), Natal (Rio Grande do Norte), Belém (Pará), Teresina<br />

(Piauí), São Luís (Maranhão) and Fortaleza (Ceará).<br />

Within Mercosur, developments in cus<strong>to</strong>ms unification among member countries have<br />

facilitated transportation logistics between <strong>Brazil</strong>, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay,<br />

and authorized companies are required <strong>to</strong> transit with a document denominated<br />

International Cargo Declaration – MIC, which authorizes cargo transportation on the<br />

roads of member countries.<br />

It is important <strong>to</strong> highlight that, in the case of road transportation, the <strong>Brazil</strong>ian importer<br />

can perform the clearance of the merchandise on the borders where there are outposts<br />

of the Federal Revenue Service and Cus<strong>to</strong>ms Administration, with the Siscomex system<br />

working <strong>to</strong> assist importers.<br />

All freight companies that exploit South American land routes must be duly authorized,<br />

pursuant <strong>to</strong> the Agreement on International Land Transportation – ATIT, signed by<br />

Latin American countries. In <strong>Brazil</strong>, the regula<strong>to</strong>ry and supervisory agency of this<br />

activity is the National Agency for Land Transportation - ANTT.<br />

IV.5.4. Railroad transportation<br />

International cargo transportation by rail is underdeveloped in <strong>Brazil</strong> and is limited <strong>to</strong><br />

the neighboring countries of Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia.<br />

Since the 90s, <strong>Brazil</strong>ian railroad companies have been privatized through operational<br />

concessions and currently the country has a network of 28,000 km, with track widths<br />

of 1.0 m <strong>to</strong> 1.6 m.<br />

Vehicles are made of steel or aluminum and their freight capacity will depend on their<br />

traction power, size of the wagons and the train composition, with each wagon capable<br />

of carrying up <strong>to</strong> almost 100 <strong>to</strong>ns of cargo or containers.<br />

Freight is charged on the basis of a <strong>to</strong>n equal <strong>to</strong> 3.5 cubic meters, but it can also be<br />

accepted in the form of closed vehicle with a single freight.<br />

In this means of transportation, the bill of lading denominated International Rail<br />

Transport – TIF is used.<br />

The most frequently used international route is the one from Santa Cruz de la Sierra <strong>to</strong><br />

Corumbá (on the <strong>Brazil</strong>-Bolivia border), and then on <strong>to</strong> the states of Ma<strong>to</strong> Grosso and<br />

Ma<strong>to</strong> Grosso do Sul, where the cargo is distributed <strong>to</strong> the South and Southeast<br />

states.<br />

86 <strong>How</strong> <strong>to</strong> export <strong>to</strong> <strong>Brazil</strong>

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