Businessmen blame excess documents as the main obstacle to export
For Brazilian businessmen, the number of documents required for customs control agencies is excessive. In addition, the flexibility of the services unsatisfactory. The picture was revealed by research done by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI). According to the survey, excess documents was considered the main obstacle to export by 53.27% of participants. Secondly, it was low agility for analysis of the documentation mentioned in 41.89% of the responses. Third, the delay in the inspection and inspection, mentioned by 37.77%.
The executives also complained about the lack of communication between agencies, identified as a problem in 25.42% of the responses. One consequence of this failure is that many repeated request data and documentation, factor indicated as problematic in 12.83% of the responses.
The average number of organs by which the process for export must pass is 4.3, and the vast majority of companies (94.5%) hires the services of brokers to deal with the bureaucracy. The most cited agency as having a negative impact on exports was the IRS, in 46.11% of cases, followed by the Ministry of Mines and Energy, with 40% of the entries, and the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA), cited by 38.3% of the responses.
“Research often places Brazil as one of the most expensive countries to deal with tax information and other red tape”, said economist Marcelo Azevedo specializes in Industry Policies CNI. According to him, in some sectors of the economy, the amount of organs by which the product must pass in order to be cleared for export reaches six. “We have excess [of requested documents] individually. Soma You still several organs and it gets worse”, he says.
According to him, requesting information and documents is also repeated a significant disincentive. “[The businessman] fulfills the same information to different agencies. Has forms that you fill out the CNPJ dozens of times. Communication between agencies would be important. But if each agency to simplify and reduce the requirement, since improvement” comments. The CNI survey, released this year, 640 entrepreneurs heard between 2012 and 2013.
Source: Jornal do Comércio – http://jcrs.uol.com.br/
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