“Article 20 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) allows governments to act on trade in order to protect human, animal or plant life or health, provided they do not discriminate or use this as disguised protectionism. Two specific World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements, the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Agreement(SPS) and the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement (TBT), deal with food safety and animal and plant health and safety and with product standards in general. Both try to identify how to meet the need to apply standards and at the same time avoid protectionism in disguise.”
Legal controls on imports and technical regulations vary from country to country. Having too many different requirements makes life difficult for producers, exporters and importers. Manufacturers and exporters need to know all the requirements to bring their products to prospective new markets, or they run the risk of getting bogged-down in red tape. To help ensure that this information is available for U.S. exporters looking to the Brazilian market, we have produced reports on import requirements for products in 26 HS classifications.
These reportsaim to catalogue all administrative procedures and requirements for importing those food product categories, and cover the items most frequently exported from the U.S. to Brazil. Presentations are laid-out in a step-by step format:
Identifying all legal requirements,
A description of what the exporter/importer needs to do and who they have to deal with.
An estimated timeframe and costs related to requirement.
Since regulations are constantly changing and these presentations provide only a summary of import requirements, we encourage you to consult with ATO staff in order to best understand current import requirements. In order to speak with someone at the ATO, please contact:
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