Digital certificate of origin reduces costs and time for Brazilian exporters
Currently, the European Union and the United Kingdom maintain a quota system with Brazil in exports of chicken and turkey meat and the certificate of origin is an important instrument for the control and correct allocation of quota volumes in line with the licenses of import.
With the publication, certificates of origin will be issued digitally and will bring significant efficiency gains for Brazilian exporters, reducing time and cost in this operation.
Issuance is free of charge and much easier and faster than the model previously adopted in sales to these markets, which were on paper and went through several steps until the physical delivery of the document at European and English customs.
In addition to transparency, in the analysis of the president of the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA), Ricardo Santin, digital origin certification will reduce bureaucratic costs in exports to two of the markets with the highest added value for Brazilian poultry meat.
"The work carried out by Secretary Tatiana Prazeres and the SECEX team from the definition of the digital certificate is a milestone for reducing bureaucracy in foreign trade and we hope that this process will also follow for other markets. Digitization fills a need in an increasingly competitive context of international trade" highlighted Santin.
Brazil exported more than 330 thousand tons, with revenue of approximately US$ 1 billion, to these two destinations during 2022.
"Until now, the exporter was obliged to pay 160 reais per certificate issued and between the issuance of the certificate and the physical shipment of the document to the European continent, the average period was 10 days. More than reducing the direct cost of certification, which is important, the gain in time reinforces our competitiveness by avoiding indirect costs linked to the foreign trade process, such as, for example, additional costs that were eventually generated by port costs" emphasized the director of Markets at ABPA, Luis Rua.
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