What is it and what are the consenting bodies?
No country in the world is self-sufficient, so the Foreign Trade is needed to exchange products and services between nations. This exchange may or may not be done through a currency exchange transaction, when an item enters a nation at the same time as something leaves, be it financial currency, be it a promise (in the case of a sample, for example) – that can turn into a purchase. in the future.
Because there are many products sold and bought daily all countries in the world impose phytosanitary barriers to protect their territory from the invasion of pests, or the departure of precious goods, or simply to avoid shortages upon non-tariff barriers – as happened at the height of COVID-19 pandemic, in which countries have forbidden the export of alcohol gel and masks, for example.
Cargo agents and customs brokers are professionals who are prepared to guide importers and exporters at the time of the operation, to avoid financial problems and delays when sending or receiving an international cargo.
What are consenting bodies
Consenting bodies are institutions directly linked to the State with the objective of controlling and inspecting the entry and exit of products from the domestic territory, based on the technical standards of each segment. These departments, whose legal nature may be autarchies, act in their respective fields to regulate the quality of the material or demand its adaptation to the national market, according to each area.
Requests from importers and exporters take place via Siscomex or Portal Único. Exports are nowadays requested via LPCO (abbreviation that in Portuguese stands for Licenses, Permissions, Certificates and Other Documents) and imports via Import License, except for some products whose release already takes place via LPCO, and can be automatic or non-automatic, or post or pre-shipment.
List of consenting bodies on import operations – abbreviations in Portuguese
Brazilian National Agency of Electrical Energy – ANEEL
National Health Surveillance Agency – ANVISA
National Film Agency – ANCINE
Department of Foreign Trade Operations – DECEX
Federal Police Department – DPF
National Department of Mineral Production – DNPM
Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources – IBAMA
National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels – ANP
Brazilian Post and Telegraph Company – ECT
National Institute of Metrology, Standardization, and Industrial Quality – INMETRO
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply – MAPA
Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations, and Communications – MCTIC
Superintendence of the Manaus Free Trade Zone – SUFRAMA
National Nuclear Energy Commission – CNEN
Army Command – Controlled Products Inspection Directorship – DFCP
List of consenting bodies on export operations – abbreviations in Portuguese
Brazilian National Agency of Electrical Energy – ANEEL
National Health Surveillance Agency – ANVISA
Department of Foreign Trade Operations – DECEX
Federal Police Department – DPF
National Department of Mineral Production – DNPM
Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources – IBAMA
National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels – ANP
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply – MAPA
Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations, and Communications – MCTIC
Superintendence of the Manaus Free Trade Zone – SUFRAMA
National Nuclear Energy Commission – CNEN
Army Command – Controlled Products Inspection Directorship – DFCP
Ministry of Defense – MD
Consenting bodies’ performance
The consenting bodies act, for example, directly in the Import Licenses or LPCOs, analyzing when there is the need of an inspection, or when the wood is condemned for lack of treatment or lack of inspection stamp, or when they determine the prohibition of products, or define that the imported product does not have a national similar and can be nationalized.
Some products may require the consent of several bodies simultaneously, which may grant or reject an operation according to Brazilian government parameters, and in some cases, in addition to the Import License, it may be necessary to prior register the product or the company, as for instance ANVISA and INMETRO, that requires the products to be registered before being shipped.
The consenting bodies’ role on Brazil Cost
Much has been speculated about how the consenting bodies hinder the development of Brazilian foreign trade. Some professionals understand that the sole function of some of the bodies is to bureaucratize imports and exports, while others argue that with the technology and the Portal Único implementation, the delay in releases will finally end.
The fact is that some consenting bodies still analyze each request, which in cases of post-shipment licenses can generate heavy storage costs, demurrage, and the opportunity cost, since the goods are stopped at the port or airport. Important to remember that in Foreign Trade, every daily fare of any service is quite expensive.
Conclusion
The consenting bodies are important intervening agents in Brazilian exports and imports. Companies that intend to sell or buy products from abroad must pay attention to whether they are subject to the consent of the responsible body to be nationalized or exported.
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