Brazil is INMETRO country. Tyres are certified per manufacturer and per family, and the certificate has to cover the exact pattern and size you are importing — a general 'our factory is certified' answer is worth nothing at Santos. We show the file before the proforma invoice is signed, and we say so when a size sits outside it.
INMETRO certification names the family, the construction and the size range. A pattern approved for one range does not automatically cover a size outside it, so the check is done against your list rather than against the catalogue.
The LI is raised on Siscomex by the importer, and the certificate number, the NCM code and the product description have to line up with it. We send the commercial documents in the format the licence asks for, before the booking is confirmed.
Passenger tyres carry the INMETRO seal and Portuguese label information. The artwork and the wording come from the certified file, so they are consistent with the certificate rather than rewritten for each order.
The certificate of origin goes out with the set. Brazil's state-level tax treatment is your side of the fence, but the documents it depends on come from here and have to be consistent.
The sizes below are the ones that move most often in this market. Each one links to the patterns we can quote in it; a size that is not listed is still worth asking about, because the library runs to several hundred and the list moves with production.
Santos takes most boxes; Paranaguá, Itajaí and Suape for the south and the northeast. Brazilian clearance is slow, so documents travel ahead of the vessel rather than with it. A 20GP is the smallest order we take, and the load is put together from the sizes your market sells — a mixed passenger list against a truck base is normal for a first order.
Ports: Santos · Paranaguá · Itajaí · Suape
By the factory, for the family and the size range. What you need is the certificate number and the exact product description it covers; we send both, and we flag any size in your list that falls outside.
No. The licence is raised before the vessel loads, and we hold the booking for it rather than ship against a licence that is still pending — the demurrage at Santos is more expensive than the wait.
Yes, and it is common on a first Brazilian order: a passenger base for the distributor's counter and a truck block for the fleet customers. The loading plan is drawn for the exact mix.
Tell us the size, the pattern reference if you have one, the quantity and the destination port. We reply within one working day with availability, container loading and price.