SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The Chinese automaker of electrified vehicles submitted between February and March to the Federal Government three requests to reduce partially disassembled car import tariffs, according to data from the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (MDIC).
On Tuesday (08), the Association of Anfavea vehicle automakers argued that the federal government should not approve three requests from Chinese groups for import tax reduction on CKDS and SKDs of electric and hybrid car. The acronyms refer to kits of pieces produced in other country and which are used to assemble whole vehicles in Brazil. At the time, the entity did not report names of the groups that made the requests.
Sought by Reuters, MDIC said in a statement at the end of Tuesday that BYD filed on February 25 two requests for tariff reduction, from 35% to 10%, which will be in public consultation until April 11 and then follow for analysis by the Executive Secretariat of the Foreign Trade Chamber (Camex).
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One of the requests made in February involves “semi -demat, incomplete, thus classified the car which, except the body, is entirely or partially dismantled, whose energy consumption is not exceeding 0.66 megajoule per kilometer”. The second February election refers to “semi -desired, incomplete automobile, thus classified the car which, except the body, is full or partially dismantled, with autonomy of at least 250 kilometers in PBEV (plugin hybrid)”.
A still made a third request on March 17, also for tariff reduction from 35% to 10%. In this case, the election involves a semi -developed pickup truck with a double cabin and load capacity of below 5 tons, plugin hybrid. In this case, the public consultation period runs until May 1st, before being sent for analysis by Camex, according to the folder.
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Byd at the end of last year a plugin hybrid pickup in Brazil called Shark.
Sought, the automaker cannot comment on the matter immediately.
(By Alberto Aleirigi Jr.)
