New measure changes minimum criteria to be able to request financing and includes more types of companies
The (Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services) and published it on Wednesday (12.Nov.2025) , which expands the , of assistance to companies affected by tariffs imposed by the United States.
With the new measure, companies that have 1% of their export revenue to the United States impacted by tariffs will be able to access the program.
In the previous rule, companies, individual micro-entrepreneurs and rural producers that could prove an impact of more than 5% of gross revenue on exports to the United States could seek emergency financing lines.
The credit lines total R$30 billion and are operated by BNDES (National Bank for Economic and Social Development). The Brazilian and United States governments continue to negotiate rates.
“While negotiating with the USA, the president’s government continues to pay attention to the needs of the productive sector”said the vice-president and minister of the MDIC, , in a note. “We expanded the billing criteria and, as we had already foreseen in the Plan, we increased the sectoral coverage to also include suppliers”he added.
The ordinance also expanded the type of company that can seek support, including companies that supply to exporters, also with the criterion of 1% of gross revenue as a minimum impact.
NEGOTIATIONS
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, (12.nov) with the North American Secretary of State, in Niagara Falls, Canada, on the sidelines of the G7 meeting, a group of the most industrialized countries in the world.
According to Itamaraty, they discussed the progress of bilateral negotiations involving trade tariffs. Mauro Vieira reported that Brazil sent, on November 4th, a negotiation proposal to the United States, after a virtual meeting between the technical teams of the 2 countries.
With information from .
