Brazil revises leather import tariffs
The Centre for the Brazilian Tanning Industry - CICB - has advised that the Brazilian government has altered the import duties that apply to certain types of leather from non-Mercosur countries. The amended listing reads as follows:
| CODE |
DESCRIPTION |
IMPORT DUTY % |
|
4104.10.11 |
Unsplit |
2 |
|
4104.10.12 |
Split with grain |
2 |
|
4104.10.13 |
Split without grain |
2 |
|
4104.22.11 |
Whole or half hides, unsplit |
4 |
|
4104.22.12 |
Whole or half hides, split with grain |
4 |
|
4104.22.13 |
Whole or half hides, split without grain |
4 |
|
4104.22.19 |
Others |
4 |
|
4105.12.10 |
Merely chrome tanned hides in the wet-blue stage |
2 |
|
4106.12.10 |
Merely chrome tanned hides in the wet-blue stage |
2 |
Of the nine categories listed, only two were amended. Item 8, which refers to sheepskins, was previously subject to a 10.5% import duty. This has been reduced to take account of local shortages of sheepskins while item 9 is a new category that refers to goatskins.
