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FOREIGN TRADE

In 2017, one of the great advances in this area “The platform redesigns the export and import pro-

was the inauguration of the Export Module of cesses, making them simpler, faster and more efficient.

the Single Foreign Trade Portal. The system al- In addition, it optimizes the benefits of ongoing invest-

ready has concrete benefits for all the industry ments in logistics infrastructure in the foreign trade,

sectors, including the CT&F industry, with a re- by enabling data sharing and reducing bureaucrat-

duction of around 40% of the time in the export ic obstacles that hamper supply chain management,�

procedure, as well as a said Abrão Neto, secre-

large bureaucratization tary of Foreign Trade at

of documents. From this the Ministry of Industry,

new system, the conver- Foreign Trade and Ser-

gence of information in THE SINGLE PORTAL IS ALSO vices. Among the advan-
a single channel allows PREPARED FOR IMPLEMENTING tages for the companies
automatic access by dif- highlighted by Neto are

ferent agencies involved THE DRAWBACK REGIME, WHERE the elimination of doc-

in foreign trade, such as COMPANIES CAN USE THE uments and procedural
Federal Revenue, Anvi- MECHANISM FOR IMPORTING RAW steps, integration with
sa, Army, among others. the Electronic Tax Re-

The key word for the MATERIALS WITH THE SUSPENSION ceipt, a 60% reduction

benefits that this agility OR EXEMPTION OF IMPORT TARIFFS, in information comple-
brings to the market is FOR MANUFACTURING FINISHED tion and a one-stop sys-
competitiveness. The fa- tem between exporters

cilitation of procedural PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE EXPORTED and the government.
procedures reduces time Every change brings

and also costs, allowing adjustment needs, so

more and more partic- Ricardo de Nobrega ABIHPEC was at the
ipation in the interna- Foreign Trade Manager at ABIHPEC. side of its associates,
tional market and ex- providing information

pansion of raw material and training needed for

imports and finished products exports. “The Single this new moment. The entity also carried out

Portal is also prepared for implementing the Drawback an approximation of the companies associated

Regime, where companies can use the mechanism for with the Government, having received feedback

importing raw materials with the suspension or ex- on the Portal use, thus guaranteeing a necessary

emption of import tariffs, for manufacturing finished adjustment in this implementation process. The

products that will be exported�, explained Ricardo de path now in 2018 follows the adjustment of the

Nobrega, Foreign Trade Manager at ABIHPEC. import module.