United States to Brazil freight shipping.

Brazil's import tax burden ranks among the world's highest. The full effective rate stacks a few taxes together. First, II (import duty), typically 20–35%. Then IPI, up to 15%. Then PIS/COFINS, at 9.25%. Then ICMS, at 12–18%. Each tax applies to the running total, including the taxes before it. For a typical manufactured good, with II at 20%, the total burden can reach 60–80% of CIF value. High-tariff goods, like cars and electronics, can top 100%. Suaid Global gives you pre-shipment landed cost numbers.

RADAR — in full, Registro e Rastreamento da Atuação dos Intervenientes Aduaneiros — is Brazil's required registration for customs operators. Receita Federal, the Brazilian Federal Revenue agency, runs this system. Every company that wants to import into Brazil must hold a RADAR registration first, before its very first import shipment. Without it, no import declaration can go through at all. To get RADAR, a company sends paperwork to Receita Federal. This step can take several weeks to finish. Suaid Global's partners in Brazil help US exporters, and their Brazilian buyers, get RADAR registration in place.

SISCOMEX stands for Sistema Integrado de Comércio Exterior — Brazil's system for foreign trade, covering both imports and exports. It works as the one online platform where every Brazilian trade declaration gets filed. You submit the Declaração de Importação, or DI, right through SISCOMEX. Only licensed customs brokers in Brazil, known as despachantes aduaneiros, can file inside SISCOMEX. Suaid Global works with these licensed brokers, to manage every SISCOMEX filing for US goods that enter Brazil.

Ocean freight from the USA to Brazil takes 14–25 days. Miami to Santos runs about 14–18 days on direct services. Houston to Santos takes 16–22 days. New York to Santos takes 18–25 days. Air freight from Miami or New York to São Paulo (Guarulhos Airport) takes 2–4 days. Brazilian customs clearance adds more time on top of that — usually 5–15 days, depending on the goods, your RADAR status, and whether you need an LI.

The USA's top exports to Brazil span a few sectors. Aircraft and parts lead the list — think Boeing planes and jet engines — since Brazil is a major spot for air travel. Petroleum products and natural gas rank high too, along with machinery and equipment. Other top exports are chemicals, medical devices, medicine, electronics, IT gear, and farm goods like wheat and cotton. Brazil sits, year after year, among the top 15 US export markets.

Drawback is a Brazilian customs program built for manufacturing exporters. It lets them bring in raw materials, parts, or packaging duty-free, or with duty put on hold or waived. This applies when those inputs go into goods that get sent back out as exports. For US exporters who sell inputs to Brazilian factories, and those factories export the finished goods, Drawback can cut the buyer's import cost by a lot. Suaid Global advises on Drawback rules and the paperwork you need.

Most US exports to Brazil need no export license at all — they ship under NLR (No License Required). But some dual-use goods, controlled under EAR (Export Administration Regulations), may need a BIS export license. This can include some electronics, chemicals, and tech items. Military or defense-related goods need State Department ITAR licenses. Goods tied to certain end-uses or end-users in Brazil may face extra review. Suaid Global's partner brokers check every shipment for license needs.

Yes. Our consolidation partners run weekly LCL groupage from Miami and Houston to Santos, with door-to-door handling included. This works well for shipments under 15 CBM, with transit times of 20–30 days. The partner schedules cover the major US gateways, and every entry point in Brazil.