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Brazilian Government waives import taxes on another 118 health-related items
May, 18, 2020 Posted by Sylvia SchandertWeek 202021
A resolution was published on Monday May 18th in the Official Union Gazette, which eliminates import taxes on another 118 products used in the fight against Covid-19 in Brazil. These include more than 80 medicines. The Foreign Trade Chamber (Camex), an interministerial body headed up by the Economy Ministry, decided to meet the demands of the National Council of Municipal Health Secretariats and parameters set out by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Together with this new additional list of items, the number of products that now have zero import tariffs so as to combat the coronavirus pandemic stands at 509. There have been seven resolutions (Nos. 17, 22, 28, 31, 32, 33, and 44) eliminating import taxes. Most of the items on the list with zero import tariffs include substances that treat a wide variety of ailments, such as prednisone, used in the treatment of endocrine, musculoskeletal, allergic, and ophthalmic diseases.
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