São Paulo – The Brazilian Council of Trading Companies (Ceciex, in the Portuguese acronym) has been awarded legal personality in the first half this year, and will have a new affiliation system in 2013. According to the Ceciex executive manager, Lucas Canello Franceschini, the Ceciex was previously a section of the São Paulo Trade Association (ACSP).
Now, the organization is able to represent the sector’s interests to the federal government. According to the manager, the Ceciex is already receiving requests from companies interested in an extension of the Reintegra regime, as well as other foreign trade-related demands. Reintegra is the Special Tax Reintegration Regime for Exporting Companies, by which 3% of the tax paid on exported industrialized goods is returned to the exporter. The regime is scheduled to expire by the end of this year.
The Ceciex comprised 40 founding companies, and now it will have new affiliates. Enrolments are open via the Ceciex website, but the new system, which includes an enrolment fee, will become effective in 2013, according to Franceschini. The Ceciex will also create a data bank of the industry, and actions will be enhanced in 2013 through the renewal of an agreement to promote the segment, in partnership with the Brazilian Export and investment Promotion Agency (Apex Brazil).
The council focuses on networking, promoting matchmaking rounds with importers in Brazil, missions in foreign countries, seminars and training to industries in which trading companies are involved, via Apex’s Industrial Extension Project (Peiex). Even though it has been legally dismembered, the Ceciex remains headquartered at the ACSP in central São Paulo.
Contact:
Email: ceciex@ceciex.com.br
Telephone: +55 (11) 3180 3170
Website: www.ceciex.com.br
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
