Brazil Trade Compliance
No FTA with the United States. That's the first thing to know about Brazil trade. Standard MFN rates apply, and for manufactured goods they're not small.
SECEX requires import licenses across a broad range of categories — chemicals, electronics, medical devices, and more. The SISCOMEX system handles all the import documentation, and the process can be slow. On the US side, OFAC and BIS screening applies to every Brazilian counterparty. But here's the practical reality: Brazilian import compliance is your buyer's responsibility, and when they can't clear your goods through customs, it becomes your problem regardless of whose obligation it technically is.