News - Brazil

1. Foreign travel advice Brazil

   Brazil 5/7/2024 8:17:07 AM

   FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Brazil. Warnings and insurance Still current at: 7 May 2024 Updated: 5 May 2024 Latest update: Updated information on rainfall and flooding (Safety and security, Regional risks)

2. Fortus in the House

   Brazil 6/26/2020 10:42:43 AM

   This past week GCE Global hosted Fortus Group in the House.

3. UK launches programme to promote trade with Brazil

   Brazil 8/20/2019 5:34:38 PM

   The UK has today launched a £20 million programme to help Brazilian SME's trade with the UK and other countries.

4. Decree 9,904 / 2019 Benefits to Service Exporters

   Brazil 7/15/2019 3:03:21 PM

   The Decree 9,904 / 2019, published on July 8, makes about 12 thousand service exporters eligible to an Income Tax (IR) rate of 0%. This benefit is applicable on payments to foreign service providers that intermediate transactions between the Brazilian entity and its foreign clients. It is also applicable on the payment of documentation issued outside Brazil.

5. News from the Ministry of Economy and Development.!! Do you know what a Direct Investment Ombudsman (OID) is?

   Brazil 7/8/2019 1:06:03 PM

   The OID is an online platform for foreign investor assistance managed by the CAMEX Executive Secretariat.

6. News from the Ministry of Economy and Development.!!

   Brazil 6/5/2019 1:32:54 PM

   Do you know what a Direct Investment Ombudsman (OID) is?

7. Export Planning in Brazil

   Brazil 5/20/2019 2:51:18 PM

   If you ever intend to export to Brazil, it is better to plan it well.

8. Funding a Brazilian Company

   Brazil 5/20/2019 2:50:03 PM

   When opening a Company in Brazil, it is important to know Brazilian’s Central Bank regulations on Foreign Exchange transactions.

9. Opening a Brazilian Subsidiary – Legal Representation

   Brazil 5/20/2019 2:48:52 PM

   One of the Legal requirements when opening a Company in Brazil is to have Brazilian residents representing the foreign shareholders and the Brazilian Company.

10. Gabriel Jacintho, from G. Jacintho Consultoria, talks about funding possibilities for foreign investors in Brazil.

    Brazil 5/20/2019 2:47:29 PM

11. Gabriel Jacintho talks about how to establish a company in Brazil

    Brazil 5/20/2019 2:46:22 PM

12. Gabriel Jacintho talks about the import activity

    Brazil 5/20/2019 2:44:56 PM

13. The Must- Do On Foreign Business Expansion In Brazil

    Brazil 10/9/2018 7:35:02 AM

    During the last decades, Brazil has risen to become one of the biggest economies of the world, being considered a member of the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa), former developing countries nowadays taking shape of a state with a fully grown and strong economy.

14. Funding Possibilities In Brazil

    Brazil 8/1/2018 2:51:42 PM

    Gabriel Jacintho talks about funding possibilities

15. How To Establish A Company In Brazil

    Brazil 8/1/2018 2:50:41 PM

    Gabriel Jacintho talks about how to establish a company in Brazil

16. Brazil Import/Export

    Brazil 8/1/2018 2:46:40 PM

    Gabriel Jacintho talks about the import activity

17. The Logistics Of Exporting To Latin America

    Brazil 6/8/2018 11:06:21 AM

    The transit time from the UK to Latin America is between 1 to 3 days via air and between 15 to 30 days via sea.

18. The new Brazilian Labor Legislation

    Brazil 8/10/2017 8:40:22 AM

    The Brazilian Senate has approved on July 14, 2017, a controversial labor reform bill - the first major overhaul in 70 years. The law aims to reduce costs for businesses and allow firms to negotiate contracts freely with employees. It will go into effect on November 11, 2017.

19. Challenges doing business in Brazil

    Brazil 7/25/2017 3:17:42 PM

    Brazil has enormous potential for UK companies, but it will take time, money and effort. Challenges include:

20. Start A Company In Brazil

    Brazil 6/19/2017 3:43:28 PM

    To be able to operate in Brazil, foreign companies must, first of all, establish a Company in Brazil, registering the Articles of Association in the Government agencies and obtaining a Corporate Tax Payer Number (CNPJ).

21. Good News for who intend to open a Company in Brazil

    Brazil 4/7/2017 9:05:31 AM

    The new legislation for Individual Companies of Limited Responsibility, also known as EIRELI, will be in force, starting on May 2nd.

22. British Secretary of State for International Trade visits Brazil

    Brazil 12/7/2016 12:57:14 PM

    Dr. Liam Fox meets Brazilian Minister for Development, Industry & Trade for the UK-Brazil JETCO 2016

23. Survey to identify trade and investment barriers in 7 overseas markets

    Brazil 8/23/2016 12:20:25 PM

    Department for International Trade (DIT) wants feedback on doing business in Brazil, Colombia, India, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam.

24. Doing Business In Brazil

    Brazil 4/6/2016 2:37:54 PM

    Brazil is simply too big a market to ignore. It is the fifth-largest country in the world, with a population of approximately 190 million.

25. UKTI helps Arena Group win Rio 2016 Olympics contracts in Brazil

    Brazil 3/22/2016 1:53:40 PM

    Arena Group uses UKTI export advice and support to build on its success at London 2012 and secure business with other sports projects

26. Business Ethics And The Impact Of The Anticorruption Law

    Brazil 1/21/2016 8:51:15 AM

    By now Brazilian companies have probably heard of law No.12.846/13, popularly known as the Anti Corruption Law, which is leading to profound structural changes in companies operating in the country.

27. UK Export Finance announces support for line of credit in Brazil

    Brazil 11/18/2015 5:22:18 PM

    New line of credit of US$500m for Petrobras be used to finance the purchase of goods and services from UK exporters

28. Companies In Brazil Have Less Than Two Months To Meet New ICMS Compliance Deadline

    Brazil 11/16/2015 8:15:23 AM

    From 1 January 2016, companies operating from Brazil will need to comply with changes to Constitutional Amendment EC 87/2015 governing tax rates on interstate transactions where the final consumer is not a Brazilian tax-payer.

29. Latin America Moves Towards Digitizing Payroll

    Brazil 11/9/2015 8:25:04 AM

    Many countries in Latin America are paving the way to a new era of electronic payroll reporting with the development and implementation of tools for digital invoicing and processing.

30. 5 Things You Need To Know When Switching Or Choosing A New Payroll Provider

    Brazil 10/1/2015 11:03:16 AM

    A multi-country payroll deal can lock you in for many years – are you ready for that sort of commitment? Our head of Global Business Services looks at the drivers that lead payroll managers to switch providers.

31. Pingu’s English successfully launches in Brazil helped by UKTI

    Brazil 9/3/2015 11:57:09 AM

    Linguaphone Group uses UKTI’s OMIS service to find a local partner to develop exports of their Pingu’s English language course product in Brazil.

32. Open a Business in Brazil

    Brazil 8/26/2015 9:19:50 AM

    Are you thinking about settling down in Brazil? Are you currently living in Brazil and struggling to make ends meet?

33. Advantages to Invest in Real Estate in Brazil

    Brazil 8/13/2015 8:57:24 AM

    It is internationally known that Brazil is going through a crisis period. However, only a few are able to see the opportunities it can bring. Brazil Real Estate market has been warmed up for a while, but now it is starting to face a high vacancy scenario, while construction companies are still delivering projects that started before the crisis.

34. Opportunities for UK exporters in Latin America

    Brazil 11/13/2014 10:30:33 AM

    Lord Livingston urged UK businesses to consider the opportunities for export to Latin America during 'Export Week' event in Bournemouth on 12 November 2014

35. Brazil Approves Import Taxes Reduction On 252 Items

    Brazil 10/16/2014 9:27:53 AM

    The Brazilian Foreign Trade Board, CAMEX,has just released a new list of items included on the ex-tarifário regime.

36. Federal Revenue Service Confirms Accrual Basis Method

    Brazil 9/17/2014 6:05:56 PM

    The Federal Revenue Service finally clarifies the position on what method should be used to calculate withholding tax on professional services delivered between two resident entities.

37. Tax Reduction for IT Companies Extended

    Brazil 9/17/2014 6:04:07 PM

    On August 11, the official gazette confirmed that the 80% reduction in IPI tax currently enjoyed by the IT industry due to expire at the end of this year is to be extended to 2024, after which a 75% reduction will be applied between 2025 and 2026 and a 70% reduction from 2027 until 2029.

38. Tax Regime Eased for 'Micro' Business Exports

    Brazil 9/17/2014 6:01:08 PM

    The simplified tax regime is available to ‘micro’ businesses with an annual gross income not exceeding BRL 360,000 and ‘small’ businesses with an annual gross income of between BRL 360,000 and BRL 3.6 million.

39. Networking: you got to be in it to win it

    Brazil 6/30/2014 8:22:02 AM

    By Gabriel de Carvalho Jacintho* In a wide range of business sectors, many otherwise technically impeccable professionals have poor social skills. When it comes to building relationship or closing business deals some of them are simply terrified of approaching people. On the other hand, we also know there are salespeople whose strong skills to sell is innate – they could sell sand in the desert.

40. RenePort Q1 2014

    Brazil 5/6/2014 8:58:04 AM

    RenePort has had a great start to the year appointing four key partners and extending their reach to support businesses in over 20 of the key emerging & frontier markets

41. Exporting to Brazil

    Brazil 4/24/2014 5:59:18 PM

    Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world, with a population of approximately 190 million. Brazil is the world’s sixth largest economy and by far the largest in South America.

42. Chancellor uses trade trip to Brazil to hail further finance support to back British exporters

    Brazil 4/9/2014 10:36:22 AM

    At the start of a three day trade trip to Brazil, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon George Osborne MP, announced the next stage in the government’s fundamental overhaul of finance for British exporters.

43. Export? Why?…… Top 5 reasons why you should Export

    Brazil 10/24/2013 12:37:31 PM

    ‘Export? that’s for the big companies right?'

44. Export Market Entry; What Key Market Research Do You Need?

    Brazil 10/24/2013 12:35:28 PM

    So you want to grow your business and you want to identify export opportunities for your goods…… Great! But what next?

45. Country Focus – Brazil

    Brazil 8/21/2013 11:45:07 AM

    The fifth largest country in the world and one of the driving forces of the 21st century global economy – as proven by the fact that the Brazilian GDP is greater per head of population than either India or China.

46. Brazil - A Market To Break Into?

    Brazil 8/21/2013 11:21:30 AM

    Brazil, according to UKTI is one of the fastest growing markets in the world and is simply too big to ignore.

47. European Portuguese vs Brazilian Portugese

    Brazil 8/21/2013 11:10:03 AM

    With around 250 million native speakers, Portuguese is one of the world’s most spoken languages, and is used in Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, S. Tomé and Príncipe, and East Timor. However, Portuguese is not the same all over. Take Brazilian and European Portuguese, for example, which are far apart in terms of spelling, verbs and terminology.

48. UK targets Brazilian market for automotive sector growth

    Brazil 4/26/2013 2:32:59 PM

    Business Secretary confirms the opening of a new Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) office in Sao Paulo

49. SETTING UP IN BRAZIL – PROS AND CONS

    Brazil 4/15/2010 10:34:36 AM

    Foreign businesses have several options to expand into the booming Brazilian market (where GDP growth is expected to achieve up to 7% this year). Besides directly exporting products and services to Brazil, foreign businesses may also appoint local agents or distributors, who have better knowledge of the market, but are protected by specific legislation and case law affording minimum indemnification levels should the agreements entered into with them be suddenly terminated.

50. Case Study Update: Brazil

    Brazil

    Paul Clarke, Company Director of Invest in Brazil Ltd, talks insightfully about his Brazilian start-up venture. The problems, solutions and successes!