SECRETARIAT OF FOREIGN TRADE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE REMEDIES
GENERAL OVERVIEW
NEW DELHI / April 2015
Trade Remedies Institutions in Brazil
- DECOM (Department of Trade Remedies) o Investigating Authority
o Dumping, Actionable Subsidies o Injury and Causality
o Safeguards
- CAMEX (Chamber of Foreign Trade) o Decision Authority
o Public Interest Analysis
o Formal proceeding apart from the investigation - RFB (Secretariat of Federal Revenue)
o Collection of duties
Decision Making Process
DECOM Technical Decision
Final Decision
Chamber of Foreign Trade (CAMEX)
GTDC
Recommendation Dumping, Subsidies,
Increased Imports DECOM
Investigation
Injury and causal link
Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (chairman of the board)
Minister Chief of Staff
Minister of Finance
Minister of Planning, Budget and Management
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply
Minister of Agrarian Development
Higher and Final Resolution Body, composed by the following Ministers:
Ministers Council
CAMEX – Brazilian Foreign Trade Chamber
MDIC
SECEX STI SDP SCS
DECOM DECEX DEINT DEPLA DENOC MDIC
SECEX SI SDP SCS
DECOM DECEX DEINT DEAEX DECOE
Department of Trade Remedies - DECOM
Brazilian Experience in Operating Trade Remedy Systems
o Concentration on dumping investigations
o 96,5% of all trade remedies proceedings initiated by Brazil were related to dumping (original investigations and reviews);
o 2,4% were subsidies investigations; and
o 1,1% were related to safeguards (original investigations and
reviews).
Decom – Statistics
Year Initation Preliminary Determination
Provisional
Measure Undertakings Definitive Measure
1988-2009 335 83 66 13 184
2010 40 0 0 0 12
2011 24 13 12 2 15
2012 65 3 3 1 17
2013 67 8 6 1 43
2014 45 56 17 3 42
2015 6 3 0 0 9
2010 -2015
Subtotal 247 83 38 7 137
% 2010 - 2015 42% 50% 37% 35% 43%
Total 582 166 104 20 321
Petitions
55
45
33 41
48
56
125
73 72
53
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Investigations Initiated
2 2 2
11 10 30
17
5 18
15 22
19 10
20 16
19
13 13 24
19 29
19 40
24 65
67
45
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Applied Measures
0 4
0 3
8
5 3
9
6 3
19
6 9
16
6 10
13 11
8 20
16 19
12 15
17
43 42
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
1%
16%
57% 26%
Petitions
Under analysis Denied Withdrawn Initiated
Investigations Initiated by Brazil (1988-2014)
Definitive Duty 54%
Duty and undertaking
2%
Undertakings 2%
No measure applied 36%
Ongoing Investigations
6%
MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRY AND FOREIGN TRADE
