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Brazil: Mapa authorizes Adama, BASF, Bayer, DuPont, Ihara and Syngenta to self-control agrochemical imports
Dec. 5, 2019
By Leonardo Gottems, Reporter for AgroPages
The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) has certified the first companies in the agricultural inputs sector under the Integrated Authorized Economic Operator (OEA Agro) program.
The certification took place in November in the city of São Paulo, with the objective of advancing the self-control system.
The program is managed in Brazil by the IRS, and Mapa was the first ministry to join the program. It is also a certification of companies that operate at low risk in the areas of physical cargo security and compliance with customs obligations. Once enabled, operations for these companies will be made easier, faster, less costly and without losing control and customs security.
The companies, Adama, BASF, Bayer, DuPont, Ihara and Syngenta, were certified after participating in a pilot project to evaluate their import operations. The level of intervention in import operations is expected to be reduced and may reach up to 95% of physical checking procedures of products.
“OEA Agro aims to simplify, streamline and ensure the greater predictability of foreign trade operations without neglecting sanitary and phytosanitary issues,” said André Marcondes, Deputy Head of the International Agricultural Surveillance System (Vigiagro) Unit at Viracopos Airport in Campinas (SP).
The program has been adopted by 80 countries and is part of the WTO's “World Trade Facilitation Agreement.” On its last trip to China, the Brazilian government signed a mutual recognition agreement with the GACC related to the program. Therefore, certified companies now have express customs clearance, not only here in Brazil but also in China, where the operator is also considered safe and will be released faster.
Fernando Mendes, Assistant Secretary of Agricultural Defense, who participated in the delivery of the certificates, stated that OEA Agro establishes a relationship of trust between the inspection and the productive sector its supervises, with gains for both, adding that companies now have a less bureaucratic business environment and enforcement authorities can direct their efforts at situations that pose risks to the country.
Mendes added that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will invest US$195 million in Brazilian agricultural defence. “This money will fund the modernization of agricultural surveillance and development of systems, among them the OEA,” he explained.
Source: AgroNews
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