06/11/2023 – 22:07
The vice-president and minister of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (Mdic), Geraldo Alckmin, and the president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Ilan Goldfajn, signed this Monday, 6, an agreement that will allow the transfer of R$5 million from the institution to improve foreign trade processes in Brazil.
According to Mdic, with the initiative, the IDB will support the government in implementing the New Import Process within the scope of the Single Foreign Trade Portal Program. In a statement to the press after the signing, Alckmin reinforced that the partnership aims to reduce bureaucracy and reduce the costs of this activity.
According to the department headed by the vice-president, the reformulation of the processes will initially focus on five government bodies, which represent approximately 85% (in value) of import licensing operations in Brazil.
They are the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa); the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa); National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuel Agency (ANP); the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama); and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).
“The aim is to eliminate inefficient bureaucracy, simplify procedures, harmonize documents and use cutting-edge technology in import operations, reducing time and costs for public administration and, mainly, for foreign trade operators”, stated the Mdic.
To the press, the president of the IDB highlighted that the bank seeks, through this and other initiatives, to strengthen regional trade, which still faces cost barriers. “And small and medium-sized companies still have very little export,” highlighted Goldfajn.
The agreement also provides that the IDB will support the Mdic in implementing the National Export Culture Policy (PNCE). The idea is for the institution to collaborate especially through initiatives that increase exports of Amazon biodiversity products.
According to Alckmin, the effect of the changes “is immediate and gradual”, as the improvements to the Single Portal are implemented. To measure the impacts, the vice-president also recalled a study by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), which estimates that the Portal Único program should generate an increase of US$51.8 billion in Brazil’s exports over 25 years.
The projections consider the period between 2014 (the date on which the implementation of the program began) and 2040. The material also points out that the estimated increase to the Brazilian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was US$75.76 billion in 2020, considering the impact of deliveries already made through the Portal – results project a reach of US$ 124.9 billion in addition to GDP by 2040.
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