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Brazilian Wine Market Report
The following is a list of exporter documents necessary to import a standardized cargo of
goods into Brazil, taken from both the World Bank’s report Doing Business in Brazil 2011 and
USDA’s Sao Paulo Agricultural Trade Office Wine Market Access Project:
• Copy of Bill of lading
• Certificate of analysis and certificate of Origin
• Aging certificate (if necessary)
• Cargo release order
• Commercial invoice
• Customs Import Declaration
• Foreign Exchange Authorization
• Packing list
• Technical Standard/ Health Certificate
Product Certificates 11
All wines exported to Brazil must be accompanied by a certificate of origin and a certificate of
analysis. A Letter of Free Sale from TTB substitutes for the certificate of origin. Since the
regulations define wine as 14 percent or less, for any wine above 14 percent alcohol a
Certificate of Typicity is required. The certificate is to clarify that the higher alcohol content
is because of the wine appellation’s soil and climate conditions. In recent regulations, MAPA
requires exporting countries to provide a formal list of government accredited entities eligible
to issue certificates of origin and analysis. Certificates from Chambers of Commerce are no
longer eligible sources. MAPA provides models of the forms presented in Normative
Instruction no. 54/2009, ANNEX VIII (see Appendix II). Both certificates must be signed and
stamped upon importation. A list of eligible entities is made available on MAPA’s web site
(https://www.agricultura.gov.br/).
Labeling Requirements
The following information is required by Brazilian law to be placed on labels of alcohol
beverages. For a product whose label is not in the Portuguese language, an adhesive sticker
can be placed on the original label containing all the required information:
• Brand name of product
• Type of product
• Net contents (in metric units)
• Importer’s name, address and corporate ID number
• Producer or Manufacturer’s name and address
• MAPA Registration number of importer
• Country of origin
• Alcohol content (% alc. by volume)
• List of ingredients
• Lot identification code
• Storage care
11 See Appendix I for Regulations Concerning Oenological Practices