Brazil: Cecafé meets with the Embassy in Indonesia seeking to reduce import taxes

Published 2024년 9월 25일

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The article highlights the ongoing efforts to improve trade relations between Brazil and Indonesia, focusing on the coffee industry. Despite Indonesia being a significant market for Brazilian coffee, importing 290,306 60 kg bags from January to August 2024, the country imposes a 20% tax on Brazilian instant coffee and a 5% tax on raw coffee imports. To address this, the President of the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council, Márcio Ferreira, recently met with the Brazilian ambassador to Indonesia to discuss reducing these taxes. The meeting with the ambassador is seen as a positive step towards overcoming bureaucratic hurdles and negotiating lower tariffs for Brazilian coffee products in the Indonesian market.

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Asian country imposes 20% tax on imports of Brazilian instant coffee and 5% on imports of raw coffee The president of the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council (Cecafé), Márcio Ferreira, met today, September 25, in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, with the Brazilian ambassador to the Asian country, George Monteiro Prata. The meeting aimed to reduce bureaucracy and taxes in trade relations between the nations. “We discussed reducing import taxes on Brazilian coffee, especially instant coffee. In the conversation with the ambassador, we were able to understand the paths we have to take and how we need to act to achieve the goal of reducing tariffs,” reveals Ferreira. In the accumulated period from January to August 2024, Indonesia is the 21st destination for Brazilian coffee, having purchased 290,306 60 kg bags of the product. Currently, the country taxes Brazilian instant coffee at ...

Source: Cecafe