So far, 177 items have been made tax exempt in Brazil. Newly added products include zinc, vitamin D, and inputs for the manufacturing of respirators and lung ventilators.
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The Foreign Trade Chamber has expanded the list of goods with temporary import tax exemption. Mask fabric and batteries were included, among others.
Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture created a group to oversee and outline strategies to cushion the impact of coronavirus on crops and supply.
Despite the novel coronavirus, the Brazilian poultry company said it exports are ongoing. Beef company Marfrig said its units are operating normally. Minerva, whose activities include food services, put all workers on leave at some of its plants.
To help fight COVID-19, the measure announced last Wednesday by the Ministry of Economy of Brazil includes 61 products, such as test kits for coronavirus, and pharmaceutical, medical and hospital equipment and apparatus.
Some only allow in homecoming citizens or foreign travelers under extraordinary circumstances. Find out how the region is working to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.
The disease outbreak has slowed down manufacturing in China, which is expected to reflect on countries it has economic relations with.
Company shipped 238,000 barrels of fuel oils a day in February.
