How to Export to Brazil - Sprint Lazio
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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>