As indicated in our earlier post addressing the import duties on medical devices and other hospital products, the Brazilian Ministry of Economy temporarily reduced the Import Tax rate to zero per cent on additional products. This measure intends to facilitate the fight against Covid-19 and comprehends the following items:
Product Description | NCM |
Solution of non-denatured ethyl alcohol, containing, by volume, 80% or more of ethyl alcohol (ex 001) | 2207.10.90 |
Non-denatured ethyl alcohol solution, containing 75% ethyl alcohol by volume (Ex 001) |
2208.90.00 |
Pure sodium chloride (Ex 001) |
2501.00.90 |
Medical oxygen (Ex 001) |
2804.40.00 |
Medical carbon dioxide (Ex 001) |
2811.21.00 |
Medical nitrous oxide (Ex 001) |
2811.29.90 |
Calcium carbonate |
2836.50.00 |
Hydrogen peroxide (hydrogen peroxide), even solidified with urea. |
2847.00.00 |
Medical compressed air (Ex 001) |
2853.90.90 |
Lauric acid |
2915.90.41 |
Chloroquine (Ex 001) |
2933.49.90 |
Chloroquine diphosphate (Ex 002) |
2933.49.90 |
Chloroquine dihydrochloride (Ex 003) |
2933.49.90 |
Hydroxychloroquine sulfate (Ex 004) |
2933.49.90 |
Azithromycin (Ex 001) |
2941.90.59 |
Immunoglobulin C (IgC) and Immunoglobulin M (IgM) (Ex 001) |
3002.12.29 |
Immunoglobulin G, lyophilized or in solution |
3002.12.35 |
Test kits for Covid-19, based on immunological reactions (Ex 029) |
3002.15.90 |
Azithromycin (Ex 001) |
3003.20.29 |
Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale – Containing Chloroquine (Ex 001) |
3003.60.00 |
Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale – Containing chloroquine diphosphate (Ex 001) |
3003.90.79 |
Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale – Containing chloroquine dihydrochloride (Ex 002) |
3003.90.79 |
Azithromycin (Ex 001) |
3004.20.29 |
Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale – Containing Chloroquine (Ex 001) |
3004.60.00 |
Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale – Containing chloroquine diphosphate (Ex 043) |
3004.90.69 |
Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale – Containing chloroquine dihydrochloride (Ex 044) |
3004.90.69
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Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale – Containing hydroxychloroquine sulfate (Ex 045) |
3004.90.69
|
Hydrogen peroxide (hydrogen peroxide), packaged for internal or external use as a medicine, including as an antiseptic for the skin. Only covered here if in doses or packages for retail sale (including directly to hospitals) for that use (Ex 021) |
3004.90.99 |
Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packings for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes of glycolic acid-lactic acid copolymers |
3005.90.12 |
Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packings for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes – Others |
3005.90.19 |
Surgical drapes, non-woven |
3005.90.20 |
Pastes, gauze, bandages, cotton sticks and similar articles, impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packaging for retail sale for medical use (Ex 001) |
3005.90.90 |
Hydrogen peroxide (hydrogen peroxide), packaged as cleaning solutions for surfaces or appliances (Ex 002) |
3808.94.29 |
Test kits for COVID-19, based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) nucleic acid test (Ex 001) |
3822.00.90 |
Others (Acrylic polymers in primary forms, In the forms provided for in Note 6 a) to this Chapter, in water) |
3906.90.19 |
Carboxypolymethylene, powder |
3906.90.43 |
Natural rubber latex, even pre-vulcanized |
4001.10.00 |
Paper sheets (Ex 001) |
4818.90.90 |
False fabrics, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of polypropylene, weighing more than 25 g / m², but not exceeding 70 g / m² (Ex 001) |
5603.12.40 |
False fabrics, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of polypropylene, weighing more than 70 g / m², but not exceeding 150 g / m² (Ex 001) |
5603.13.40 |
False fabrics, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of polypropylene, weighing more than 150 g / m² (Ex 001) |
5603.14.30 |
Protective mesh gloves, impregnated or covered with plastic or rubber (Ex 001) |
6116.10.00 |
Textile protective gloves, except knitted (Ex 001) |
6216.00.00 |
For medical gases (Ex 001) |
7311.00.00 |
Medical-surgical or laboratory sterilizers |
8419.20.00 |
Other devices for heat treatment of materials by induction or dielectric loss (RT-PCR equipment) (Ex 011) |
8514.40.00 |
Hemogasometer, application for automatic analysis of PH, PCO2 and PO2 (Ex 087) |
9018.19.80 |
Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments – syringes, with or without needles – of plastics – of a capacity not exceeding 2 cm³ – |
9018.31.11 |
Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments – syringes, with or without needles – of plastics – Others |
9018.31.19 |
Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments – syringes, with or without needles – Others |
9018.31.90 |
Tubular metal needles of Chromium-nickel alloy needles and three-sided bissels of an external diameter of not less than 1.6 mm of the kind used with blood bags |
9018.32.12 |
Tubular metal needles – Others |
9018.32.19 |
Needles for sutures – For sutures |
9018.32.20 |
Other Needles |
9018.39.10 |
Sounds, catheters and cannulae – Others |
9018.39.29 |
Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments – Others |
9018.39.99 |
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (OMEC) (Ex 010) |
9018.90.99 |
Intubation kits (Ex 011) |
9018.90.99 |
Medical ventilators (artificial respiration devices) (Ex 018) |
9019.20.90 |
Digital thermometers or infrared thermometers (Ex 005) |
9025.19.90 |
Instruments and devices used in clinical laboratories for in vitro diagnostics (Ex 481) |
9027.80.99 |
Source: Ministry of Economy
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