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Brazil: Government eliminates PIS tax on imports of certain medicines

Announcement

09 Apr 2020

In April 2020, the Brazilian authorities announced the elimination of the PIS tax on imports of medicines related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

 

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Number of interventions

1

0 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

1 liberalising

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Implementation date

09 Apr 2020

Revocation date:

31 Dec 2020

To be prolonged: 02 Oct 2020
Internal taxation of imports
On 9 April 2020, the Brazilian Executive adopted Decree 10,318 eliminating the PIS tax on certain medicines classified under tariff lines 3003.9099 and 3004.90.99. In a previous announcement made in ...
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