The Executive Management Committee of the Chamber of Foreign Commerce (Gecex/Camex) decided to extend for another five years the collection of extra rates for the import of hair brushes, padlocks and titanium dioxide pigments produced in China.
The measure also applies, for the same five years, to Brazilian imports of ethanolamines purchased in Germany and the United States. Derived from ethylene oxide, ethanolamines are used in the production of agricultural pesticides; cosmetics; cleaning products; cement and concrete and in the oil industry.
According to the committee, the objective of the measures is to protect Brazilian producers, preventing foreign competitors from practicing so-called dumping – that is, selling their products to Brazilian importers at prices lower than those they charge Chinese consumers.
In the case of hair brushes, for example, each kilo of product coming from China will pay, in addition to the Import Tax, an extra fee of US$ 8.78 to enter Brazilian territory, as established by Gecex Resolution No. 801published in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU) this Friday (24).
The extra fee has been charged on Chinese hairbrushes since June 2007, at the request of the Junco Furniture Industry Union, Vime, author of the investigation request that led Gecex to conclude the practice of dumping by Chinese exporters.
Extended in 2012 and 2019, the measure helped Brazilian industries, although, according to Camex’s own technicians, it was not enough to prevent Chinese brushes from continuing to arrive in Brazil at a price lower than that charged to Chinese consumers.
During the third and most recent review, technicians concluded that, between April 2023 and March 2024, Chinese exporters were able to deliver their brushes to Brazil for, on average, US$8.47/kg, while, in China, the same products were sold for, on average, US$17.24/kg. Competing in a market that, according to Simvep, generated around R$204 million in 2024.
“We apply the measure against Chinese producers, they take it and transfer their sales to Vietnam, to Hong Kong. And we are unable to promote many processes like this, as they are expensive, detailed and require between a year and a half and two years of analysis. And the measures, when approved, are in force for only five years, when they have to be revised, if applicable”, said the president of Simvep, Manoel Miguez, referring specifically to the extra fee imposed on brushes.
In the case of Brazilian imports of titanium dioxide pigments sold by Chinese exporters, the additional rates range from US$1,148.72 to US$1,267.74 per ton of product, depending on the manufacturer. Titanium dioxide pigment serves a variety of industrial purposes, including the production of paints and coatings and also in some pharmaceutical products.
Some types of Chinese padlocks will be charged, also for the next five years, a tax rate of US$ 10.11/kg, in addition to the import tax [https://pesquisa.in.gov.br/imprensa/jsp/visualiza/index.jsp?data=24/10/2025&jornal=515&pagina=66&totalArquivos=388~]while the ethanolamines originating in Germany and the United States They will additionally pay between 7.4% and 59.3% of the unit value of the merchandise. In this case, the extra charge to inhibit dumping has been levied since 2014 – with a brief interruption for the German product.
