How to avoid high taxes for importing goods from Brazil
there is in Brazil indeed an import duty rate of 16 % on products with customs code
83.02.4900
this cannot be avoided, only if you can proove they are for the RETAERO program, but then your company needs to be fully busy with aerospace activities and be member of that program, below are some links
Some of our products:
www.turnlock.pt www.spanclamps.pt www.clinserts.pt
there are also additional taxes and duties:
Tax on industrialised goods (TIG)
Tax on industrialised goods is levied at a rate of 10% of the duty paid value.
Contribution to funding of social security (COF)
Contribution to funding of social security is levied at a rate of 7.6% of the
duty paid value.
Contribution to social integration programs (PIS)
Contribution to social integration programs is levied at a rate of 1.65% of the
duty paid value.
Additional freight fee for the renewal of the mercantile marine (AFF)
An additional freight fee for the renewal of the mercantile marine is levied at
a rate of 25% of the ocean freight charges.
Tax on the circulation of goods and services (TGS)
Tax on the circulation of goods and services is levied at different rates in
the Federative Units. The standard rates are the following:
Federative Unit
Standard rate
Acre
17%
Alagoas
17%
Amapá
17%
Amazonas
17%
Bahia
17%
Ceará
17%
Distrito Federal
17%
Espírito Santo
17%
Goiás
17%
Maranhão
17%
Mato Grosso
17%
Mato Grosso do Sul
17%
Minas Gerais
18%
Pará
17%
Paraíba
17%
Paraná
18%
Pernambuco
17%
Piauí
17%
Rio de Janeiro
18%
Rio Grande do Norte
17%
Rio Grande do Sul
17%
Rondônia
17%
Roraima
17%
Santa Catarina
17%
São Paulo
18%
Sergipe
17%
Tocantins
17%
The rates may vary for specific products and usually amount between 7% of the
duty paid value and 25% of the duty paid value.
here are the links for information about the aerospace industry RETAERO program
https://thebrazilbusiness.com/article/tax-reduction-for-the-aerospace-industry
http://www.blslaw.com.br/english/news.php?pg=26¬icia=213-New+VAT+Battle+on+the+Horizon+in+Brazil