Overview
- Gecex approved 1,059 ex-tarifário reductions, covering 421 capital goods and IT items with validity up to two years and 638 auto parts.
- Import duties were also set to zero for 20 industrial and agricultural inputs and for two final products across sectors such as health, energy, appliances, automotive, and animal feed.
- Three new trade-defense measures target Chinese imports, including a five-year antidumping duty on hypodermic needles.
- Additional antidumping actions cover cold-rolled flat steel and coated flat rolled steel from China, with measures intended to run for up to five years.
- Officials said the tariff relief aims to lower industry costs and support investment where no domestic equivalent exists, with full itemization pending Mdic publication.