Trade in Critical Minerals

ADB WTO

Member

Brazil,

Type of Measure

Imports / Tariff

Status

Ended on 2016

Year of Implementation

2014

Year of Termination

2016

Temporary reduction of import tariffs on certain products, i.e. sodium hydroxide "caustic soda" in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda), under an import quota of 360, etc

Temporary reduction of import tariffs (to 2%) on certain products, i.e. sodium hydroxide "caustic soda" in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda), under an import quota of 360,000 tonnes (effective 14 November 2014 to 13 November 2015); esters of acrylic acid, under an import quota of 7,000 tonnes (effective 24 February 2015 to 23 July 2015); aluminium foil not backed rolled but not further worked, under an import quota of 2,137 tonnes (effective 31 January 2015 to 30 July 2015); rectangular aluminium plates, sheets and strips of aluminim alloys, under an import quota of 2,000 tonnes (effective 16 January 2015 to 15 January 2016); sulphates of barium, under an import quota of 10,000 tonnes (effective 16 January 2015 to 15 January 2016); aniline and its salts, under an import quota of 7,500 tonnes (effective 16 January 2015 to 15 January 2016); titanium oxides, under an import quota of 8,000 tonnes (effective 16 January 2015 to 15 January 2016); disodium sulphate, under an import quota of 425,000 tonnes (effective 13 April 2015 to 12 October 2015); and babassu oil, under an import quota of 116,157 tonnes (effective 17 April 2015 to 16 October 2015). On 5 June 2015, reduction of import tariffs for aluminium foil (under an import quota of 2,137 tonnes) extended until 30 January 2016. On 23 July 2015, reduction of import tariff for babassu oil (under an import quota of 215,489 tonnes) extended until 16 April 2016




Source


Trade Monitoring Database
TMDB/3507


Products


Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) (760612), Titanium oxides (282300), Aluminium; foil, (not backed), rolled (but not further worked), of a thickness not exceeding 0.2mm (760711),