Customs & International Trade

Cross-border trade is at once one of the largest opportunities and one of the largest minefields for companies operating beyond Brazil's borders. Incorrect tariff classifications, misused special regimes and drawback errors produce assessments that consume years of operating margin. FIUS works to keep that from happening — and to unwind it when it already has.

We advise importers and exporters on NCM tariff-classification reviews and on structuring special regimes — integrated drawback, ex-tariff and special customs regimes — negotiating with the Receita Federal (Brazil's federal revenue service) and the Secex (Brazil's foreign trade secretariat) the terms that make efficient operations viable. In high-impact assessments, we defend our positions before CARF (the federal administrative tax tribunal) and the federal courts with combined customs and tax argumentation.

For companies internationalizing operations or building global supply chains, we offer integrated customs diagnostics — surfacing inefficiencies, exposure to assessments and opportunities for favorable regimes. FIUS's customs practice works shoulder-to-shoulder with the tax team, keeping domestic fiscal strategy and cross-border operations consistent.