The Executive Management Committee (Gecex) of the Chamber of Foreign Commerce (Camex) approved this Thursday (12) the reduction to zero of Import Tax for more than 1 thousand productsin addition to the application of new trade defense measures.
In total, 1,059 ex-tariffs were granted, a mechanism that temporarily reduces the import tariff when there is no equivalent national production. Of this total, 421 are for capital and IT goods and 638 for auto parts.
According to the collegiate, The measure seeks to increase investments and reduce costs for the industry by allowing the import of machines, equipment and components that are not manufactured in the country.
In addition to the ex-tariffs, Gecex zeroed the import tax for 20 inputs used by the industrial and agricultural sectorsas well as for two final products.
The exemptions cover items linked to the areas of health, energy, household appliances, the automotive sector and animal feed, among other segments.
Antidumping measures
At the same meeting, the committee approved the application of three new anti-dumping duties, with the aim of protecting the national industry against imports considered unfair.
In the medical devices sector, an anti-dumping duty was imposed for five years on hypodermic needles originating in China.
In the steel sector, Gecex approved measures against cold rolled flat rolled and coated flat rolled, also from China.
The measures aim to neutralize losses caused by products imported at prices below market value.
The Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (Mdic) did not detail the products with zero tariffs or the anti-dumping measures. He only informed that the items will be known after publication in the Official Gazette of the Union, scheduled to take place in the next few days.
