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ORGANIZATIONWT/TPR/S/75/Corr.1
20 October 2000
(00-4347)
Trade Policy Review Body
TRADE POLICY REVIEW
BRAZIL
Report by the Secretariat
Corrigendum
The following corrections reflect information provided by the Brazilian authorities after
completion of the Report by the Secretariat.
Chapter II
Paragraph 42, insert "some" before "telecommunication services …".
Paragraph 43, replace last sentence with:  "Registration is required for remittance of profits and
dividends or to repatriate invested capital.a
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aCentral Bank Circular No. 2.728, 28 November 1996, and Circular No. 2.997, 15 August 2000."
Chapter III
Paragraph 6, replace with:  "An import declaration (ID) processed through SISCOMEX, for which
there is a US$5 fee, must be submitted to the customs authorities with the following documents:  a
commercial invoice;  and a pro forma invoice indicating the f.o.b. price, unit price, gross and net
weight, itemized freight and all other expenses, and total c.i.f. value.  A certificate of origin is
mandatory only if origin information does not appear on the commercial invoice.  A sanitary
certificate, which should be notarized and legalized by a consul, is required for shipments of productsthat are capable of transmitting diseases, including animals, animal products and byproducts, seeds,
and plants.  Customs clearance generally can be completed in five to seven days in the case of
products for which full documentary and physical verifications are carried out."
Paragraph 20, first line, replace "customs only" with "customs".
Paragraph 28, replace with:  "The Brazilian applied tariff has 9,371 tariff lines at the eight-digit level,
comprising rates of 0% to 35%.  All tariffs are  ad valorem , levied on the c.i.f. value of the import.
Provisions exists for the application of specific duties on certain telecom products (Table III.1 – with
the higher of the ad valorem  or specific rate applied), but the authorities indicated that Brazil has
never used them."
Paragraph 32, replace with:  "Brazil's current tariff structure is based on the Common External Tariff
(CET), agreed with its MERCOSUR partners in December 1994, which came into effect on 1 January
1995 at rates ranging between 0% and 20%;  as discussed below, most rates were increased
temporarily (1997-2000) by three percentage points.   A number of sectors were temporarily excludedWT/TPR/S/75/Corr.1
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from the CET;  these include sugar, automobile s and parts, informatics, and telecommunication
goods.  According to the authorit ies, the rates for the latter two product groups are scheduled to
conform to the CET by the year 2001 at maximum rates of 16%.  Common sugar and automotive
import regimes for MERCOSUR are under negotiation.
Paragraph 55, replace first sentence with:  " Importation of second-hand automobiles and other used
goods remains prohibited, with some exceptions (section (b) below)."
Paragraph 63, replace with:  "At its meeting on 29 April 1999, the WTO Committee on
Import Licensing heard concerns expressed by some Members regarding the compatibility with
the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures of certain modifications introduced by Brazil in
August 1998 to its non-automatic import licensing system, and which had yet to be notified to theCommittee.
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aWTO document G/LIC/W/12, 20 September 1999.
Paragraph 113, replace the third, fourth and fifth sentences with:  "Nevertheless, in case of a tie in the
tendering procedure, preference is given to goods or services domestically produced or supplied by
firms legally established in Brazil.  Foreign firms without operations in Brazil and involved in
international tenders must have legal representation in the country or be associated with a Brazilianfirm."
Paragraph 120, replace first sentence with:  "Domestic content requirements were a consideration to
grant export financing under PROEX, FINAMEX, and FINAME (section (3)(viii))."
Paragraph 151, replace the fifth and the sixth sentences with:  "The programme does not have an
expiry date;  financing is contingent on export taki ng place and the amount of support varies with the
percentage of domestic content.  Exports with a domestic content of 60% or more are eligible for
interest rate equalization payment on 85% of their value;  for goods with a domestic content of lessthan 60%, the percentage eligible for interest rate  equalization is reduced according to the percentage
of domestic content.
Paragraph 152, replace the second and the third lines with:  "… export production was allowed
although no regulations have been enacted and thus this modality has not been applied;
exports supported could be financed using either financing or interest equalization;  exports underPROEX;  …".
Paragraph 156, second and third lines, replace "… that could be differentiated preferentially using,"
by "… that could be differentiated, preferentially using".
Paragraph 167, replace first sentence with:  "Benefits under BEFIEX were linked to the quantity or
value of exports;  terms of financing under PROEX are contingent on the value of exports."
Chapter IV
Paragraph 47, replace fourth sentence with:  "BNDES also provides credit through PROEX to support
the promotion of manufactured exports."
Paragraph 68, replace second sentence with:  "According to the authorities, in 1998 EMBRAER
absorbed 45% of total PROEX resources."
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