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Customs Information
Brazil
Customs clearance in POE takes normally 12 (twelve) working days, if client's documents are provided on time (before vessel arrival).
- Household goods and personal effects may be imported duty and tax free provided they have been OWNED and USED for at least six (6) months and are not for re-sale
- ONLY two shipments permitted, one air and one sea
- Shipments should arrive in Brazil no earlier than three months before or no later than six months after customer's arrival
- Shipments 100% inspected
- Clearance cannot begin until all documents are received
- Shipment must embark from the country of customer's residence
- Immigrants must register with the Brazilian Federal Police within 30 days of arrival
| Transportation |
Brazil |
| Railways: |
total: 29,412 km (1,567 km electrified)
broad gauge: 4,907 km 1.600-m gauge (908 km electrified)
standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge
narrow gauge: 23,915 km 1.000-m gauge (581 km electrified)
dual gauge: 396 km 1.000-m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (78 km electrified) (2004) |
| Highways: |
total: 1,724,929 km
paved: 94,871 km
unpaved: 1,630,058 km (2000) |
| Waterways: |
50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2004) |
| Pipelines: |
condensate/gas 244 km; gas 10,739 km; liquid petroleum gas 341 km; oil 5,212 km; refined products 4,755 km (2004) |
| Ports and Harbors: |
Gebig, Itaqui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, San Sebasttiao, Santos, Sepetiba Terminal, Tubarao, Vitoria |
| Merchant Marine: |
total: 150 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 2,961,431 GRT/4,725,267 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 28, cargo 25, chemical tanker 7, combination ore/oil 2, container 7, liquefied gas 12, passenger/cargo 12, petroleum tanker 48, roll on/roll off 9
foreign-owned: 17 (Chile 2, Germany 7, Norway 1, Spain 7)
registered in other countries: 8 (2005) |
| Airports: |
4,136 (2004 est.) |
Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 698
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 23
1,524 to 2,437 m: 158
914 to 1,523 m: 461
under 914 m: 49 (2004 est.) |
Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 3,438
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 78
914 to 1,523 m: 1,579
under 914 m: 1,780 (2004 est.) |
| Heliports: |
417 (2004 est.) |
| Geography |
Brazil |
| Location: |
Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean |
| Geographic Coordinates: |
10 00 S, 55 00 W |
| Map References: |
South America |
| Area: |
total: 8,511,965 sq km
land: 8,456,510 sq km
water: 55,455 sq km
note: includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo |
| Area Comparative: |
slightly smaller than the US |
| Land Boundaries: |
total: 14,691 km
border countries: Argentina 1,224 km, Bolivia 3,400 km, Colombia 1,643 km, French Guiana 673 km, Guyana 1,119 km, Paraguay 1,290 km, Peru 1,560 km, Suriname 597 km, Uruguay 985 km, Venezuela 2,200 km |
| Coastline: |
7,491 km |
| Maritime Claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin |
| Climate: |
mostly tropical, but temperate in south |
| Terrain: |
mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt |
| Elevation Extremes: |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico da Neblina 3,014 m |
| Natural Resources: |
bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber |
| Land Use: |
arable land: 6.96%
permanent crops: 0.9%
other: 92.15% (2001) |
| Irrigated Land: |
26,560 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural Hazards: |
recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south |
| Environment - current issues: |
deforestation in Amazon Basin destroys the habitat and endangers a multitude of plant and animal species indigenous to the area; there is a lucrative illegal wildlife trade; air and water pollution in Rio de Janeiro , Sao Paulo , and several other large cities; land degradation and water pollution caused by improper mining activities; wetland degradation; severe oil spills |
| Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography - Note: |
largest country in South America; shares common boundaries with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador |
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