Brazil Opens First Tax and Customs Attaché in Beijing

Overview

• The Ministry of Finance inaugurated the new Adidância Tributária e Aduaneira in Beijing on June 26, 2026, and appointed Andrea Costa Chaves, a Receita Federal subsecretary, to lead the post.
• The office will be staffed by an auditor‑fiscal and act as a technical and diplomatic channel without authority to decide tax or customs cases.
• Brazil says the attaché will speed problem-solving on imports and exports by enabling direct information exchange, digital process integration and specialist cooperation with Chinese tax and customs agencies.
• The Beijing unit is Brazil’s first tax‑and‑customs attaché outside the Americas and the fifth Receita Federal representation worldwide, following a Federal Police attaché opened in China about six months earlier.
• Officials present the mission as part of a broader economic diplomacy push that includes helping exporters reduce clearance delays and promoting sustainable investment through programs such as Eco Invest Brasil, which could draw Chinese capital to clean‑energy and tech projects.