Brazil Lowers Duties on Range of In-Quota Imports
Brazil established or renewed tariff-rate quotas on a range of imports to address the lack of supply in the domestic market, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council said Sept. 17. Duties for the in-quota imports will be reduced by 2%…
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for one year, HKTDC said, affecting up to 6,240 tons of “acrylic/modacrylic filament tow,” 72,000 tons of lignosulfonates, 2.5 million bands “suitable for use on arms or wrists” in “blood pressure measuring devices,” and 2,500 tons of certain “nickel-chrome-molybdenum alloy plates.” Brazil also established or renewed for one year an in-quota tariff rate of zero for certain vaccines. Other TRQs will benefit imports of certain ethyl alcohol and certain rice products.