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Not the United States, but Brazil!
In November, Brazilian ports were filled with electric vehicles from China. These cars, which arrived in Hong Kong before the new tariffs were implemented, are still waiting to be sold.
Since this year, Brazil has increased tariffs on China's electric vehicles, photovoltaics and other products, which has even affected China's cross-border e-commerce exports.
China's major importer of electric vehicles
Do you know where China’s largest exporter of electric vehicles is? That's right, it's Brazil. In the Brazilian market,90% of imported electric vehicles come from China.
In November, BYD also set a record. Its sales in Brazil exceeded 12,000 units, ranking among the top ten in the local sales list for the first time.
Brazil is the sixth largest automobile market in the world. Since 2015, Brazil has exempted electric vehicles and gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles from a 35% import tariff. This measure has attracted Chinese auto companies.
However, in order to protect the development of the domestic automobile industry,Starting this year, Brazil resumed imposing a 10% import tariff on pure electric vehicles, which increased to 18% in July and eventually reached 35% in July 2026.Hybrid vehicles will be subject to a 15% import tax starting this year, rising to 25% in July and reaching 35% in July 2026.
So Brazilian car importers started a "rush to import": in the first quarter of this year, Brazil's imports of Chinese cars surged by 450% compared with the same period in 2023.Until now, more than 70,000 unsold Chinese electric vehicles are still piled up in Brazilian ports.
There is also a wave of strong export products from China that have been hit
According to customs data, in the first 10 months of this year, my country's exports of intermediate goods to Brazil were 216.86 billion yuan, an increase of 11.8%, accounting for 50.2% of my country's total exports to Brazil, of which,Exports of intermediate products such as textiles, auto parts, electrical equipment, and flat panel display modules grew rapidly, with growth rates reaching 15.4%, 26.5%, 31.2%, and 22.2% respectively.
However, behind this is Brazil's repeated attacks on Chinese products.
In terms of photovoltaic products, Chinese photovoltaic module products dominate the Brazilian market with a market share of 99%. sinceStarting from January 1, 2024, Brazil will resume import tariffs on photovoltaic modules and wind turbines.(The import tariff rate for photovoltaic modules is 10.8%). At the end of the year, on November 15, the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC) revealed that,Increase the import tax rate for photovoltaic modules from 9.6% to 25%.
On October 17, the Foreign Trade Executive Committee (Gecex) of the Brazilian Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Development and Trade (MDIC) imposed additional tariffs on a series of Chinese goods, including:
A 35% tariff on fiber optics and cables;
Imposing 25% tariffs on many steel products;
The tariff on sodium chlorite was increased from 9% to 10.8%;
Other Chinese products subject to additional tariffs include metal foil, sprays, titanium dioxide (can be used in paints, sunscreens, food colorings, etc.), and polyester fiber (mainly used to make clothing, and can be used in water pipes, belts, filters, etc.) Cloth, rope, canvas tent, tire production), etc.
In addition, Brazil has frequently launched anti-dumping investigations on Chinese products this year, involving speakers, nebulizers, non-surgical latex and PVC gloves, hypodermic needles, hair combs, brass keys, padlocks, ethanolamine and other products.
Cross-border e-commerce has also been hit hard
In the field of cross-border e-commerce, many sellers have complained about exporting to the Brazilian market this year:“There are many customs clearance anomalies in Brazil”.
On August 1 this year, the Brazilian Federal Tax Service announced, the new tax regulations of "End of Small Amount Exemption" officially came into effect, 20% import tax will be levied on cross-border packages less than 50 US dollars, and 60% import tax will be levied on 50 US dollars to 3,000 US dollars (the import tax portion can be reduced by 20 US dollars) ).
Brazil is one of the countries with the most difficult customs clearance in the world. The end of the "duty-free small package with low value" era has caused a heavy blow to China's cross-border e-commerce.
As the largest economy in Latin America, Brazil has a population of more than 215 million, with an average age of 35, high Internet penetration, strong willingness to consume, and rapid growth in e-commerce. Now that "small exemptions are terminated", it means that the Brazilian government is "guaranteed" for the weak light industry.
The space left for cross-border e-commerce is becoming increasingly narrow.
As a potential market for my country's exports in recent years, Brazil has attracted much attention from foreign trade people. Under the current circumstances, we are extremely careful about tariff risks!
