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2d ago

Brazil: ex-tarifário for imported capital equipment, anyone been through it recently?

We are shipping wind turbine assembly equipment to a project in Bahia. Local counsel says an ex-tarifário petition could zero the II duty, but the timeline estimates range from 2 to 8 months. If you filed one in 2025-26: how long did it really take, and did you ship before approval at full duty?

Lars Nielsendk71 reply

1w ago

India CAROTAR: the minimum supplier info that actually satisfies customs

Importers keep asking suppliers for full costing sheets to meet CAROTAR 2020 Form I expectations, and suppliers keep refusing. In practice, what is the minimum origin information Indian customs has accepted from your suppliers under an FTA claim, especially for ASEAN and UAE CEPA lanes?

Priya Raghavanin82 replies