Brazil resumes tariffs on imports of mozzarella from outside Mercosur

Published 2022년 5월 13일

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The Brazilian federal government has reinstated a 28% import tariff on mozzarella cheese from non-Mercosur countries, following requests from the dairy sector. The tariff had been removed in March to control inflation, but it was argued that it had actually hurt the dairy sector by creating unfair competition. The dairy sector provided technical evidence to Gecex, the Chamber of Foreign Trade, supporting the reinstatement of the tariff, citing subsidies from other countries as an unfair advantage. The government decided to reinstate the tariff after receiving these arguments, as there were no significant imports of mozzarella during the period it was zeroed.

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The federal government has once again taxed the importation of mozzarella cheese from countries that are not part of the Mercosur bloc. With the decision – published this Thursday (12), in the Official Gazette (DOU) – the import tariff of 28% is back in force. The measure meets a joint demand from the dairy sector, led by the Milk Sector Chamber of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) and which had the support of several entities, such as the Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA), the FAEP/SENAR-PR System and the Agricultural Parliamentary Front (FPA). “The resumption of the mozzarella tariff that comes from outside Mercosur is extremely important, especially if we take into account the difficult period the dairy sector has been going through in recent years. The return of the rate took place in a context in which the main entities of the sector and parliamentarians got together, to bring technical arguments to Gecex”, says the president of ...

Source: Cnabrasil