New Section 301 Tariff Proposed on Imports from Brazil

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is proposing to impose an additional 25 percent tariff on imports from Brazil following a Section 301 determination against Brazil’s acts, policies, and practices related to “digital trade and electronic payment services; unfair, preferential tariffs; anti-corruption enforcement; intellectual property protection; ethanol market access; and illegal deforestation” (click here for more details).

USTR states that this tariff would apply to all goods of Brazil except the following.

– informational materials, donations, and accompanied baggage

– all articles and parts of articles subject to section 232 tariffs

– hundreds of products identified in the annex to this notice, which include (1) raw materials that, if subject to the proposed tariff, could lead to the unavailability of domestic supply, (2) products that could cause economy-wide disruptions if subject to the proposed tariff, (3) products that cannot be grown or produced in sufficient quantities in the U.S. or obtained from other sources, and (4) articles for which the additional tariff may not contribute substantially to the elimination of Brazil’s acts, policies, and practices at issue

Written comments on this proposal are due by July 1. USTR will hold a hearing July 6 and requests to appear at the hearing are due by June 22.

Brazil is also one of the dozens of countries subject to a separate Section 301 investigation of their alleged failure to impose and effectively enforce a ban on the importation of goods produced with forced labor.

For more information please contact David Olave via email or by phone at (202) 730-4960.