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Chamber Approves Conversion Bill to Keep Small‑parcel Import Tax Suspended

The vote sends the measure to the Senate before the MP expires on September 8 and gives the executive new discretion to set import rates while imposing anti‑fraud rules and required impact studies.

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Câmara aprova MP do fim da taxa das blusinhas, proposta considerada prioritária pelo governo Lula (PT).
Câmara dos Deputados aprovou o fim da taxa das blusinhas em sessão realizada nesta quinta-feira, 3.
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Overview

  • The Chamber of Deputies approved the conversion bill in a symbolic vote on Thursday, September 3, sending the text to the Senate where it must pass before the MP loses effect on September 8.
  • The approved text removes the legal floors that set a 20% minimum for purchases up to US$50 and 60% for remittances up to US$3,000 and authorizes the finance minister to set rates as low as zero for parcels up to US$50 and up to 30% for remittances up to US$3,000.
  • New compliance rules require e‑commerce platforms and logistics operators to detect subinvoicing, artificial parcel splitting and concealed senders, and allow the executive to limit quantity or frequency to curb commercial use of the simplified regime.
  • The bill includes an exemption that zeros import tax for medicines without a national equivalent for rare or neglected diseases as defined by Anvisa and compels the Ministry of Finance to produce an initial impact study within three months and follow‑ups every six months.
  • The measure sharpens an electoral and economic trade‑off: industry groups warn of job and production losses and cite estimates such as R$21.8 billion in threatened output, marketplaces argue consumers and logistics gain, and observers will watch the Senate vote plus the Ministry of Finance studies and state ICMS rules that will shape final revenue and market effects.