Brazil Lei nº 9.019/1995 — Antidumping, Countervailing Duties and Safeguards Parent Act

Mechanism

Lei nº 9.019/1995 establishes the Brazilian legal framework for applying antidumping (AD), countervailing (CVD), and safeguard duties in conformity with WTO disciplines. Its core provisions:

• Art. 1–4 — AD and CVD rights: Authorise the application of provisional (up to 120 days,

180 days for AD) and definitive AD/CVD duties on imported goods found to be dumped or subsidised and causing or threatening material injury to domestic industry.

• Art. 5–6 — Competent authority: Vest investigative authority in DECOM (Departamento de

Defesa Comercial, within SECEX/MDIC) and decision authority in CAMEX (Câmara de Comércio Exterior), which acts via its executive committee GECEX (Comitê Executivo de Gestão). All filed GECEX resolutions imposing Brazilian AD/CVD duties cite Lei 9.019 Art. 7 as the operative legal authority.

• Art. 7 — Undertakings: Allows price-commitment undertakings as an alternative to duty

imposition, subject to CAMEX approval.

• Decreto nº 1.602/1995 (implementing regulation, same date) and subsequent **Decreto

nº 8.058/2013** (updated procedural regulation) set the detailed investigation timetables and evidentiary standards under Lei 9.019's framework.

Amendment history

Institutional architecture under Lei 9.019

``` CAMEX / GECEX (Comitê Executivo de Gestão) → Final AD/CVD/safeguard duty imposition (by Resolution) → Price-commitment approval

SECEX (Secretaria de Comércio Exterior, MDIC) └── DECOM (Departamento de Defesa Comercial) → Petition review, investigation initiation → Dumping margin / injury calculations → Preliminary and final determination recommendations ```

Brazil is LatAm's leading AD/CVD filer by volume — 200+ active proceedings as of 2026 — and a top-10 global trade-remedy user. DECOM consistently runs 15–25 simultaneous active investigations, predominantly targeting Chinese steel, chemicals, textiles, and plastics.

Downstream implications

• All GECEX AD/CVD resolutions in the IPTM register derive their authority from Lei 9.019:

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• The Lei 14.609/2023 anti-circumvention amendment directly empowers DECOM to investigate

third-country routing and product-modification schemes — increasingly relevant to CN → third-country → BR supply chains in steel and chemicals.

• Brazil's 2025-04-11 economic-reciprocity law (Lei 15.122) operates in parallel but under

a distinct legal basis (IEEPA-style executive authority), not Lei 9.019.

Open questions

• Whether the ongoing Brazilian WTO-compliance review of the 2023 GECEX-532 EV tariff will

require Lei 9.019 amendment or can be addressed through CAMEX Resolution.

• Trajectory of DECOM investigation pipeline into Chinese polyester, carbon steel, and

aluminium products following the 2025–2026 GECEX action cluster.