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The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture has established new technical-administrative procedures for the import of agrochemicals, technical products and related goods. The announcement was made through Normative Instruction No. 26 of the Agricultural Protection Department, published in the Official Union Gazette on July 21.

According to the legislation by the Ministry of Agriculture, the procedure for registration at the Integrated System of Foreign Trade (Siscomex) will be observed.

As per the norm, “For the importation of specified products, the registration of the product at the Ministry of Agriculture is necessary, and the importer must be established at an agency in the state or in the Federal District.

“The imports of agrochemicals, technical products and related goods will be exempted from the previous authorization for importation, before the shipping, but is subject to the consent of the Service/Unit of International Agricultural Surveillance as a representative of the ministry at the time of landing, with analysis and document checking, enforcement and deferment of the license of importation at the Siscomex.”