BRAZIL CUSTOMS CLEARANCE

What Brazil Customs Clearance process? All goods brought from abroad must be submitted to import customs clearance. This is regulated by Federal Revenue Regulations 680/2006 and 611/2006. The Brazil Customs Clearance for imports is a procedure where the accuracy of the data declared by the importer in relation to the imported goods, the documents presented and specific legislation is checked.

It is at this point that the customs officers check that the information in the documents is in agreement, charging fines when necessary. It is formed by the import documents, which are: Import Declaration, Bill of Lading (when applicable), invoice, import license, certificate of origin, and others.

BRAZIL CUSTOMS CLEARANCE PROCESS

The customs clearance is done in the Foreign Trade System Integrated (SISCOMEX – Brazilian abbreviature) as soon as the Import Declaration is made. There are two kinds of clearances, in general: the Common Customs Clearance, and the Advance Customs Clearance. The difference between the two is whether the registration of the Import Declaration is made before or after the arrival of the goods.

ADVANCE CUSTOMS CLEARANCE

However, the advance clearance can only be used for the following cases:

Goods transported in bulk, the discharge should be done directly to pipeline terminals, own silos or tanks, or appropriate vehicles;
Flammable goods, corrosive, radioactive or presenting dangerous characteristics;
Plants and live animals, fresh fruit and other products easily perishable or susceptible to damage by external agents;
Paper for printing books, newspapers and periodicals;
Body of public administration, direct or indirect, federal, state or municipal, including municipalities, public companies, joint stock companies and public foundations;
Goods transported by land, river or lake;
Other situations or other products, as set in specific standards, or in justified cases.

THE PROCESS OF CLEARANCE OF THE GOODS

Provide license (when necessary) by the importer;
Automated control of the load on the SISCOMEX by the shipper;
Availability of cargo by the depository;
Registration of the Import Declaration by the importer;
Parametrisation in the system (random, is defined the channel to analyse the goods by Brazilian Federal Revenue, can be green, yellow, red or gray);
Receipt of documents;
Distribution;
Conference and customs clearance by the Brazilian Federal Revenue;
Delivery of the goods.

BRAZILIAN CUSTOMS DECLARATION FORM – IMPORT DECLARATION

The Import Declaration is the main document for the customs clearance, which must be presented to the customs unit where the goods are received. This document must contain, in addition to other information, the identification of the importer and the buyer (if not the same person), as well as the identification, classification, customs value and origin of the goods.

It must be registered by SISCOMEX according to the kind of declaration and clearance. The information presented there is divided in two parts: the general ones, corresponding to importation, and the specific, which include data of a fiscal, commercial and exchange rate nature. When the Import Declaration is registered, the payment of taxes applied in the process is made.

The documents that form the basis for the Import Declaration are:

Bill of lading;
Commercial invoice;
Packing list;
And others, according to specific international agreements or legislation.

If the Brazil customs clearance process does not occur within the period defined in law between 15 and 90 days, the goods are considered abandoned, which will result in loss of the goods which are then destined for a purpose determined by law.

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