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Also in the debates for simplification, the For-
eign Trade area helped companies register in-
to the AEO - Brazilian Program of Authorized
Economic Operator, a voluntary adherence ac-
tion that will facilitate import and export oper-
ations. This work allows the use of a fast track in
the arrival of finished products and imported raw
materials to the Country, an important benefit.

In August 2017, the entity held a lecture
alongside partners such as Anvisa (Nation-
al Sanitary Surveillance Agency) and Sindus-
farma (Union at the Pharmaceutical Products
Industry in the State of São Paulo), with the
program having been presented by the Inter-
national Revenue Service, encouraging Anvisa
to make its system compatible with the AEO,
a pilot project expected to take effect in 2018.

In the International Agreements, there is an
advance in negotiation for expanding treaties,
mainly with Mexico, European Union and Mer-
cosur, the latter regarding strategies for mod-
ernizing the agreement.

Another issue that is always on the agenda
in the area of Foreign Trade is the fight against
the illegal market. In November 2017, the Com-
mittee for Protecting Trademarks was created,
an initiative by ABIHPEC, created with the pur-
pose of giving more strength to the intelligence
actions that protect the brands in the sector. In
addition to the economic damages to the CT&F
industry and to the population, the practice can
also cause several harms to people's health, given
that products coming through piracy do not re-
spect the Brazilian technical norms and are not
warranted in terms of safety and quality.