BRAZIL
Republic on the Atlantic coast of South America; on its northern side lie, from east to west, French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, Venezuela and Colombia and on its west and south-western sides Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay. Member of ALADI. Currently, regulations and their detailed interpretations, and tariffs and taxes imposed are changing frequently. Details may vary from state to state. Exporters should obtain clear and precise instructions from agents and/or customers before finalising documentation. They should take care to ensure consignments are not actually shipped until they are absolutely sure that they have received an explicit request to do so as agents' and customers' messages are sometimes ambiguous and demurrage charges are high. |
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| CAPITAL | Brasilia. |
| PRINCIPAL PORTS | Belem, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Santana, Santos, Sao Francisco do Sul, Vitoria. |
| POPULATION | 176,029,560. |
| LANGUAGE(S) | Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French. |
| WEIGHTS AND MEASURES | Metric system. |
| ELECTRICITY SUPPLY | Brasilia, 220/240v, 60 cycles AC; Rio de Janeiro 110v, 60 cycles AC; Sao Paulo 110v, 60 cycles AC. |
| CURRENCY(-IES) | Real (BRL). |
| EXCHANGE RATE | 5.60860 BRL = £1 Sterling (fluctuating rate). |
| TIME | 3 hours behind GMT (4 hours behind BST). |
DIALLING CODE |
00 55. |
| PUBLIC HOLIDAYS | 1 Jan; 21 Apr; 1 May; 9 July; 7 Sep; 12 Oct; 1, 2, 15 Nov; 8, 24 (half day), 25, 31 (half day) Dec; in addition, the following which have variable dates: Carnival week, Ash Wednesday; Good Friday; Easter; Corpus Christi. |
| EMBASSY(-IES) | 32 Green Street,
Mayfair, London W1Y 4AT. Tel: 020 7499 0877, fax: 020 7493 5105, website: www.brazil.org.uk Consular Section: 3rd and 4th Floor, Samuel House, 6 St Albans Street, London SW1Y 4SG. Tel: 020 7930 9055.Legalisation waiting period: 72 hours. |
| BRITISH EMBASSY | SES Quadra 801 Lote 8 Cj K, Av das Nações, 70408-900 Brasilia - DF. Tel: 00 55 61 225 2710, fax: 00 55 61 225 1777, e-mail: britemb@nut.ecnet.com - britemb@terra.com.br - website: www.reinounido.org.br |
| CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | Brazilian
Chamber of Commerce, 32 Green Street, London W1K 7AT. Tel/fax: 020 7499 0186. British Chamber of Commerce in Brazil, Head Office, Centro Brasileiro Britanico, Rua Ferreira de Araujo 741-1 andar, 05428-002 São Paulo - SP. Tel: 00 55 11 3819 0265, fax: 00 55 11 3819 7908, e-mail: britcham@britcham.com.br Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, 702-18-900 Distrio Federal, Brasila. Tel: 00 55 61 223 1243, fax: 00 55 61 225 4002. |