CNI identifies 17 new barriers to Brazilian exports between March and May

A survey carried out by the National Industrial Confederation (CNI), shows that the industrial sector identified 17 new trade barriers abroad against Brazilian products between March and May 2020. Of the total, 10 are related to barriers imposed by China. The remainder were created by Argentina, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and the European Union.

The private sector inserted this information into the Federal Government’s Electronic Export Barriers Monitoring System (SEM Barreiras). CNI updates this survey periodically, in partnership with associations and federations and industry states, and has so far accounted for 70 barriers identified abroad against Brazilian products since May 2018, when the system was created. The data seeks to help the government define strategies to address this problem.

In the case of China, all barriers are related to subsidies. They affect the production of items such as rubber, electrical materials, and metallurgical products. In practice, with subsidies, these goods circulate at a price below that practiced in the market for often illegal devices, in unfair competition with the production of other countries, including Brazil. For Argentina, there are two barriers imposed against automotive vehicles and plastics.

Mexico and India, in turn, charge import taxes against chicken from Brazil. Saudi Arabia also requires import licensing for chicken meat. India has also implemented sanitary and phytosanitary measures against Brazilian leather. The European Union has raised barriers against Brazilian services in the area of ​​information technology.  According to the CNI, of the total of 70 trade barriers identified so far by the entity, only 10% (7) have been resolved.

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