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Glossary Mar, 22, 2023 0

EADI: Inland Customs Depot

EADI (Inland Customs Depot), is a private customs terminal for public use, located in a secondary area. It is a terminal that holds a concession, obtained through a public auction…
Glossary Mar, 22, 2023 0

Drawback

The drawback is a special customs regime considered to be a tax incentive for exports. According to the terms of Law No. 8402/1992, the drawback regime provides for the suspension…
OTIs
HELPCOMEX Dec, 24, 2021 0

Ocean Transportation Intermediaries (OTIs)

Ocean Transportation Intermediaries (OTIs), also known as freight intermediaries, are companies or individuals licensed to serve as the middleman between exporters and importers, providing essential logistical services in foreign trade.…
Uncategorized Dec, 24, 2021 0

Ocean Freight Forwarders (OFFs)

An ocean freight forwarder is “an individual or company in the United States that dispatches shipments from the United States via common carriers and books or otherwise arranges space for those…
Itajaí Roro 3ª Atracação GM-82
HELPCOMEX Mar, 22, 2021 0

Ro-Ro

A Ro-Ro is a type of cargo ship specialized in transporting wheeled cargo such as automobiles and other vehicles that are driven on and off the ship using their own…
IMO
Glossary Mar, 22, 2021 0

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

IMO stands for International Maritime Organization. Being created in Genebra, in 1948, under the name of Maritime Intergovernmental Consultative Organization, the institution only adopted its current name in 1982. The…
Uncategorized Mar, 22, 2021 0

Draft

A ship’s draft is the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull, i.e., the deepest point of the boat.  It is the depth of the ship…
Uncategorized Jul, 01, 2020 0

Cargo Release Time study shows Brazil’s average to be 7.4 days

The Special Secretariat of Brazil’s Federal Revenue (RFB), in partnership with Secex, Anvisa, and the Agriculture Ministry, carried out the first Cargo Release Times study, developed according to the methodology…
Uncategorized Jun, 26, 2020 0

Forecast is that locust cloud is unlikely to enter Brazilian territory

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply (Mapa) has said that so far, after monitoring the locust cloud route, it has not entered Brazilian territory. According to the agency, it…
Uncategorized Mar, 05, 2020 0

Brazil’s Internal Revenue Service releases 2019 customs results

Brazil’s Internal Revenue Service released this Thursday, March 5, the balance of customs activities in 2019. This includes results achieved with the Single Foreign Trade Portal Siscomex, electronic trade, passenger…