Spezial Mercosur and Brazil Intensive
The new EU-Mercosur free trade agreement and Brazil's indirect tax reform – the total-cost view of your Brazil business
Preferential trade law is dynamic – and tariff dismantling is only half the bill. The EU-Mercosur agreement, provisionally applied as an Interim Trade Agreement, lowers import duties into South America's most important market. At the same time, Brazil is fundamentally rebuilding its indirect tax system: CBS, IBS and the Selective Tax will gradually replace, through 2033, the current charges that make up the bulk of the import burden. Anyone exporting to Brazil must consider both developments together – for costing, price negotiation and supplier communication. This training is the first to combine both perspectives into a single total-cost view and equips you to implement them in your company on a legally sound and commercially informed basis. The focus is consistently practical: what already applies, how to use it – and what to do in the next 90 days.
your benefit
You will learn the details of the agreement between the EU and the Mercosur countries and, at the same time, understand how Brazil's tax reform changes the actual cost burden on your exports. Using landed-cost case studies from the key export industries, you will be able to transfer the combined effect of tariff dismantling and tax reform to your own trade flows.
Subjects
- What already applies: provisional application (ITA) and immediately usable duty advantages
- Rules of origin under the agreement, using concrete calculation examples
- Proof of originating status and implications for supplier communication
- Special features of the agreement: drawback prohibition, quotas, comparison with other preferential agreements
- Commercial opportunities for companies – scheduled tariff dismantling by sector
- Brazil's tax reform at a glance: CBS, IBS and the Selective Tax
- Transition phase through 2033 and taxation of imports
- Consequences for costing, pricing and Incoterms
- Landed-cost case studies by industry, with intercultural practice notes
- Action plan: next steps for the first 90 days
Schedule
You can download the preliminary schedule of the training here.
Teaching Methods/Material and Intended Number of Hours
- Presentation
- Exercises using participant's case examples
- Exercises using lecturer's case examples
- Working with legal texts
Teaching material used
- EU regulations (excerpts)
- Guidance leaflets issued by the authorities
The training course lasts 6,5 hours.
Target group
The training is aimed at designated customs compliance officers who want (and need) to stay up to date, as well as staff from export, sales, tax and controlling who maintain or are building business relationships with trading partners in Mercosur – Brazil in particular.
Important information
Participants may submit topic requests and their own case examples in advance (e.g. tariff codes, target industries in Brazil); where possible, these will be incorporated into the afternoon case studies.
Participation is possible on site or online.
The webinar’s language is English.
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Topics
- Warenursprung & Präferenzen
- Zoll
- Internationales Business
- Umsatzsteuer
- Zollfachkraft
Registration fee
From€ 690,00 plus 19% VAT.
included:
- Comprehensive training documentation
- Soft drinks and refreshments during breaks
- Lunch
- AWA Certificate