Exporting to brazil.

 

Brazilian Import Regulations

Import Costs & Regulations – Brazil
http://www.infoexport.gc.ca/ie-en/
DisplayDocument.jsp?did=5097
Overview of regulations, from the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service. Covers taxes, tariffs, licences, labelling and more. [English, French]
Canadian source

Imports: Rules and Procedures
http://www.braziltradenet.gov.br/ARQUIVOS/
Publicacoes/Manuais/PUBCEXBrasilI.pdf
Ministério das Relações Exteriores. Section III of this guide (40 pages PDF) describes the Integrated Trade System (Siscomex), importer registration (through SECEX) customs clearance procedures, and more. [Portuguese, Spanish, English]
Brazilian source

Doing Business in Brazil: A Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies
http://commercecan.ic.gc.ca/scdt/bizmap/
interface2.nsf/vDownload/CCG_8035/$file/X_3004529.PDF
Written by the staff of the US Commercial Service, this is a guide to doing business in Brazil. Chapter 5 covers Trade Regulations and Standards. [English]

Brazil – Exporter Guide
http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200710/146292597.pdf
US Department of Agriculture. 15 pages PDF. Information on Brazilian import regulations and procedures for food and beverage products.[English]

Siscomex
http://www.desenvolvimento.gov.br/sitio/interna/
interna.php?area=5&menu=274&refr=246
Ministério do Desenvolvimento, Indústria e Comércio Exterior. Siscomex is the computerized trade documentation system which handles import licensing. Fees are assessed per import statement, and importers must register with SECEX. According to the US Department of Commerce, “complete information on requirements for importing into Brazil is available only through Siscomex, which is available only to registered importers.” A list of all the agencies with regulations affecting imports is at http://www.desenvolvimento.gov.br/arquivos/
dwnl_1196963294.pdf. [Portuguese]
Brazilian source

Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI)
http://www.inpi.gov.br/menu-superior/pesquisas
Brazilian Industrial Property Institute. INPI is responsible for the protection of patents and trademarks in Brazil. From this page you can search databases of patents, trademarks and designs. [Portuguese]
Brazilian source

Standards Council of Canada
http://www.standardsstore.ca
The Standards Council of Canada provides a “one stop shop” for the purchase of Canadian and international standards, collections and related information products, including Brazilian standards. SCC also publishes Export Alert! (https://alert.scc.ca/ExportAlert/Index?lang=en), an e-mail service alerting you when foreign regulators are changing the requirements that apply to your products. Another service, Standards Alert! (http://www.scc.ca/en/programs/information/
standards_alert.shtml), sends an automatic e-mail update about changes to specific Canadian and international standards. [English, French]
Canadian source

Associação Brasileira De Normas Técnicas (ABNT)
http://www.abnt.org.br
The Brazilian Technical Standards Association is responsible for the national standardization and certification procedures. Under “Adquira sua Norma”, click on “Vendas On-Line”, then rest your cursor on “comitê / tema” to see a list of Brazilian standards, and to link to Mercosur standards. [Portuguese]
Brazilian source