The Washington herald., 1922-03-26
BRAZIL REPORTS
IMPORTANT new
TARIFF CHANCES
Many Goods for Various
Purposes to Be Admitted
Free, During 1922.

The Brazilian budget law of
1922. as reported to the tariff dlvi-
sion of the Department of Com
merce by Commercial Attache
Schurz at Rio de Janeiro contains
many important alterations in the
Brazilian tariff regulations. Many
classes of goods for various pur-
poses may be admitted into Brazil
during 1929 either at reduced duties
or free of all charges.
Exemptions from Duty.
Apparatus, raw material. and
plant imported by coal and gold
mining companies for mining pur-
poses (also applies to installations
of electrical machinery for sup
plying power to third parties when
national fuel products are used) /;
other mining companies will pay
only the "expediente" tax on these
goods: apparatus for establishing
factories for the manufacture OF
formal. the "eXpediente" tax only:
materials for the work of pilotage.
buoying. etc, in the internal canals,
imported by Rio Grande do Sui; ma
terial for maintaining state fed
eral railways; all plant, apparatus.
instruments. tools, etc, including
tractors. motor trucks. fertilizers,
etc. for agricultural purposes i'm
ported by agricultural syndicates,
eNpedientc but not consumptive
taxes; machines and accessories for
the manufacture of cotton. rice and
wheat straw, paper made from
cellulose of cotton linters, and for
breaking up coconpts: arseno-
benZol. salvarsan. neo-salvarsan
and nov-salvarsan: all sporting
goods, imported directly by ath-
letic. football. and rowing clubs.
affiliated to recognized leagues or
associations: material for radio
telegraphic installations; materials
for state hospitals. penitentiaries.
and leprOsy colonies: fresh fruits
from Argentina, and from other
American nations favoring Bra
lillian goods. and apparatus for es-
tablishing the first two plants for
extracting tanning material from
native products.
The "expediente" tax is a per
cent (paper) charge for service Of
the customs officials.)
Changes or Reductions.
Materials for water, gas. tele-
phone. and transportation enter
prises undertaken by the states,
municipalities. or by companies
will be admitted at reduced rates
OF duty. Changes in import duties
have also been decreed for the fol-
lowing classes of goods. the change
in certain cases including a con-
version from the former ad valorem
basis to specific duties graduated
by weight:
All types of motive machinery.
including steam, gas and oil en-
gines, steam turbines. locomotives.
tractors. hydraulic machines, dy-
namo electric machinery and wind
mills; machine tools. pneumatic
tools and those driven by cleo
tricity or compressed air: electric
lamps, transformers, carbons. bat
terry vessels. insulators and other
electrical accessories; petroleum
products. liquid or solid; calcium
carbide; metal guttering. also cor
rugated sheets and fittings for
guttering; barbed and oval iron
wire: newsprint paper: and coal,
with a reduction when imported
by companies manufacturing and
supplying gas.
The surfaces on imported goods
which have been in effect are con-
tinued for 1922, also the method
of customs duties on the basis OF
55 per cent gold and As per cent
paper, with per cent ad valorem
gold surtaX, is continued. The
present consumption taxes are con-
tinued in force with certain minor
changes