ANNOUNCEMENT 23 Nov 2009

In November 2009, the government of Brazil announced a change in import duties.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 0 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 1 liberalising

SOURCE



CAMEX Resolution n? 75, from November 23rd, 2009 - http://www.desenvolvimento.gov.br/arquivos/dwnl_1259079715.pdf

WTO. (November 2011). OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING ENVIRONMENT (WT/TPR/OV/14). Available at http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news11_e/igo_26oct11_e.htm


Inception date: 11 Feb 2011 | Removal date: 11 Jun 2012

Import tariff

Confirmed by the Permanent Delegation of Brazil to the WTO, the government of Brazil has extended the tariff reduction on terephthalic acid from 11 February 2011 to 31 June 2011.
Initially on November 23rd, 2009, the Brazilian government had announced a tariff reduction on the ad-valorem import duty from 12% to 0% for terephthalic acid and its salts classified under the item 2917.36.00 of the the Mercosur Common Nomenclature (NCM) tariff code.
 
The stated duration of 16 months reflects the total duration of the measure.
 

AFFECTED SECTORS

 
341

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

 
291736