The Ministry of Economy enacted the 2021-2022 Work Plan from the National Committee on Trade Facilitation (CONFAC, in the Portuguese acronym), establishing nine strategic lines of work for implementing trade facilitation measures. The Ministry also published a transparency dashboard covering information on approved import licenses.

The Foreign Trade Chamber (CAMEX) at the Ministry of Economy enacted the 2021-2022 Work Plan from the National Committee on Trade Facilitation (CONFAC, in the Portuguese acronym), establishing guidelines for implementing a wide range of trade facilitation measures, organized across nine strategic lines of work. The new Work Plan was the subject of a public consultation, reported by the 20^th edition of the Regulatory Report.

The approved lines of work for the 2021-2022 period are:

Oversight of the formal compliance with the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement;
Development of permanent dialogue mechanisms between CONFAC and the private sector, establishing internal procedures for the flow of propositions from CONFAC’s Subcommittee;
Consolidation of the digital environment for foreign trade (Single Foreign Trade Portal Program);
Reform of the import and export administrative procedures;
Improvement of transparency related to Brazilian foreign trade (included by the public consultation);
Implementation of the recommendations of the Time Release Study – Brasil (available here);
Strengthening of Trade Facilitation Local Commissions (COLFACS, in the Portuguese acronym);
Promotion of a coordinated management of borders;
Amplification of the Integrated Authorized Economic Operator (AEO/OEA, in the Portuguese acronym) program.

The Work Plan is available here (in Portuguese).

Furthermore, and as a means to improve transparency within the Brazilian foreign trade regulatory framework, the Ministry of Economy published a dashboard detailing information on the import licenses approved by the Ministry, covering monthly data since 2019. The publication was authorized by Ordinance n. 91/2021 from the Foreign Trade Secretariat (SECEX).

The dashboard was published at the Single Foreign Trade Portal (available in Portuguese). The information presented on import licenses covers total amounts and FOB values; average time of official approval; country of origin; HS Chapter; Brazilian State of destination (arrival and clearance); and type of administrative treatment. The dashboard also provides CUCI or ISIC classification filters.

The dashboard adheres to the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement and the Brazilian Data Protection Law (Law n. 13.709/2018).