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Solar panels assembled and wind turbines of up to 7,500 kVA will pay import tariff of 10.8% from January 2024. The decision was announced, this Tuesday (12), by the Gecex-Camex (Executive Management Committee of the Chamber of Foreign Commerce).
A justification given by the body for the adoption of the measure is that the taxation of this equipment must help stimulate national production of both products.
A decision yet revokes 324 ex-tariffs for photovoltaic modules which had a zero tariff reduction. So that the market has time to adapt to the new rules, Gecex-Camex also established import-free quotas, in decreasing values until 2027.
The quotas will be: US$ 1.13 billion between January and June 2024; US$ 1.01 billion between July 2024 and June 2025; US$ 717 million between July 2025 and June 2026; US$ 403 million between July 2026 and June 2027.
According to Wladimir Janousek, Secretary of Industry and Commerce of the INEL (National Institute of Clean Energy) and a professional who has been actively following the entire process, Some issues still need to be clarified by the Government.
“We still need to understand how this issue of quotas will work, as not all solar panels will be exempt until 2027. According to the Government itself, the biannual quotas may be revised depending on the entry of new manufacturers or if the capacity is not enough to meet national demand. We should have a definition on this this week,” he said.
“We at INEL have always supported, since the first meetings began, the adoption of a transition plan that would allow exactly this time for the national industry to be further trained, not only in terms of production capacity, but technically and with a series of other factors to so that it can compete with imported modules. This is not just in price, but in quality, certifications and product guarantees. We proposed that some formatting, a transition, should occur. The way the Government is proposing is this quota regime”, pointed out the INEL executive.
Wind turbines
Before the Federal Government's decision, all wind turbines with power above 3,300 kVA could be purchased abroad with zero import tax. Now, only equipment with a power greater than 7,500 kVA will be entitled to exemption, and for just one year.
This is because it was defined that all purchases outside the country involving wind turbines will incur 11.2% of import tax from 2025 onwards. Any exemptions, for any power, will only be granted upon proof of no production.
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