BRAZILIAN CUSTOMS IMPLEMENTS NEW CUSTOMS REGULATIONS FOR IMPORTED PARCEL EXPRESS SHIPMENTS, WHICH ARE IMPLEMENTED TO PREVENT ILLEGAL GOODS FROM BEING IMPORTED INTO BRAZIL.
　　 IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT THE REGULATIONS, ALL PARCEL EXPRESS SHIPMENTS TO BRAZIL MUST BE OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS.
　　FOR PARCEL EXPRESS SHIPMENTS TO BRAZIL, THE SENDER MUST FILL IN THE RECIPIENT’S LOCAL CUSTOMS ID TAX NUMBER IN THE SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS SECTION OF THE WAYBILL AND ON THE COMMERCIAL INVOICE.
IN:
THE RECIPIENT IS A COMPANY, AND THE ID TAX NUMBER CODE IS CNPJ 11-15 DIGITS
IF THE RECIPIENT IS AN INDIVIDUAL, THE ID TAX NUMBER CODE IS CPF.
　　THE BRAZILIAN CUSTOMS STRICTLY ENFORCES THIS REGULATION ON ALL PARCELS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO CUSTOMS INSPECTION. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS RULE WILL RESULT IN THE SHIPMENT BEING AUTOMATICALLY RETURNED TO THE PLACE OF ORIGIN AND A RETURN FREIGHT WILL BE GENERATED.
　　THIS RULE ONLY APPLIES TO PARCEL EXPRESS.