Import tax reduced to 0% for several medical and hospital products and related supplies
The Executive Management Committee of the Foreign Trade Chamber (GECEX / CAMEX) approved, on Mar/17, Mar/25, Apr/1, Apr/7, Apr/16, Apr/29 and May/14 a set of reductions to zero percent, until September 30, 2020, of the Import Tax rates for various medical and hospital products and related inputs. The concerned products cover several codes in the Mercosur Common Nomenclature (NCM), which comprises the six-digit codes of the Harmonized System (HS), plus two additional digits: 2207.20.19; 2934.99.34; 3808.94.19; 3808.94.29; 3926.20.00; 3926.90.40; 3926.90.90; 4015.11.00; 4015.19.00; 5601.22.99; 6210.10.00; 6210.20.00; 6210.30.00; 6210.40.00; 6210.50.00; 6307.90.10; 6307.90.90; 6505.00.22; 7326.20.00; 9004.90.20; 9004.90.90; 9018.39.22; 9018.39.23; 9018.39.24; 9018.39.91; 9018.39.99; 9018.90.10; 9019.20.10; 9019.20.30; 9019.20.40; 9020.00.10; 9020.00.90; 9025.11.10; 2207.10.90; 2208.90.00; 2501.00.90; 2804.40.00; 2811.21.00; 2811.29.90; 2836.50.00; 2847.00.00; 2853.90.90; 2915.90.41; 2933.49.90; 2941.90.59; 3002.12.29; 3002.12.35; 3002.15.90; 3003.20.29; 3003.60.00; 3003.90.79; 3004.20.29; 3004.60.00; 3004.90.69; 3004.90.99; 3005.90.12; 3005.90.19; 3005.90.20; 3005.90.90; 3822.00.90; 3906.90.19; 3906.90.43; 4001.10.00; 4818.90.90; 5603.12.40; 5603.13.40; 5603.14.30; 6116.10.00; 6216.00.00; 7311.00.00; 8419.20.00; 8514.40.00; 9018.19.80; 9018.31.11; 9018.31.19; 9018.31.90; 9018.32.12; 9018.32.19; 9018.32.20; 9018.39.10; 9018.39.29; 9018.39.99; 9018.90.99; 9019.20.90; 9025.19.90; 9027.80.99; 5911.90.00; 7616.99.00; 8473.30.41; 8473.30.49; 8473.30.99; 8481.20.90; 8481.80.92; 8501.10.19; 8504.40.21; 8507.20.10; 8507.60.00; 8523.51.10; 8528.52.20; 8529.90.20; 8548.90.90; 9019.20.10; 9019.20.30; 9026.10.19; 9026.20.90; 9027.10.00; 9027.90.99; 9031.80.99; 1702.60.20; 2833.29.70; 2905.44.00; 2924.29.13; 2936.29.21; 2936.29.29; 3003.90.15; 3003.90.19; 3003.90.55; 3003.90.79; 3003.90.99; 3004.20.29; 3004.50.50; 3004.50.90; 3302.90.90; 3913.90.20; 3921.13.90; 4007.00.19; 5503.20.10; 5603.11.30; 5603.11.90; 5607.50.11; 7217.20.90; 7326.90.90; 7611.00.00; 7613.00.00; 8414.10.00; 8414.80.31; 8414.80.32; 8414.80.33; 8422.40.90; 8449.00.80; 8479.89.99; 8504.50.00; 8515.80.90; 8543.70.99; 3701.10.10; 3701.10.29; 3824.99.89; 3917.40.90; 4014.90.90; 6505.00.21; 6506.10.00; 8414.20.00; 8414.80.19; 8421.39.90; 8421.99.10; 8481.10.00; 8481.80.99; 8504.40.90; 8525.80.19; 8537.10.90; 8543.90.10; 9018.19.90; 9018.90.40; 9019.20.20; 9022.90.80; 9402.90.90; 2933.59.29; 2933.99.99; 2934.10.90; 2934.30.90; 2934.99.39; 2937.19.90; 2939.11.22; 2941.40.11; 3003.20.11; 3003.39.29; 3003.49.40; 3003.90.89; 3004.10.11; 3004.10.14; 3004.20.11; 3004.20.49; 3004.20.59; 3004.20.69; 3004.20.99; 3004.32.10; 3004.32.20; 3004.39.29; 3004.49.40; 3004.49.90; 3004.90.32; 3004.90.37; 3004.90.39; 3004.90.42; 3004.90.43; 3004.90.49; 3004.90.54; 3004.90.59; 3004.90.61; 3004.90.64; 3004.90.65; 3004.90.66; 3004.90.73; 3004.90.75; 3004.90.76; 3004.90.78; 3004.90.79; 3304.99.90; 7017.10.00; 7017.20.00; 8516.79.90; 8539.50.00.
This set of exemptions totals 509 products with Import Tax zeroed. Among the items, there are medicines, sanitizing products and hospital equipment, as well as machines to produce masks and supplies to produce medicines, respirators and ventilators. The Committee also determined that the agencies and bodies of the Federal Public Administration that carry out activities of licensing, control or inspection of imports of those items adopt priority treatment for the release of goods.
Sources: http://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/resolucao-n-17-de-17-de-marco-de-2020-248564246 ; http://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/resolucao-n-22-de-25-de-marco-de-2020-249807290 ; http://www.camex.gov.br/resolucoes-camex-e-outros-normativos/58-resolucoes-da-camex/2683-resolucao-n-28-de-1-de-abril-de-2020 ; http://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/resolucao-n-31-de-7-de-abril-de-2020-251704729 ; http://www.camex.gov.br/resolucoes-camex-e-outros-normativos/58-resolucoes-da-camex/2687-resolucao-n-32-de-16-de-abril-de-2020 ; http://www.camex.gov.br/resolucoes-camex-e-outros-normativos/58-resolucoes-da-camex/2689-resolucao-n-33-de-29-de-abril-de-2020 ; e http://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/resolucao-n-44-de-14-de-maio-de-2020-257200067
