Brazil Resolução Gecex nº 736/2025 — Import Tariff and Tariff-Rate Quota Changes for Wind Turbines, X-Ray Machines and Other Products

Mechanism

Resolução Gecex nº 736/2025 is a technical amendment to Resolução Gecex nº 272/2021, the instrument that adapted Brazil's Common Mercosur Nomenclature (NCM) and Common External Tariff (TEC) schedules to the 2022 Harmonized System revision (SH-2022). The resolution alters Annexes II, V and VI of that base instrument — the same recurring channel used by companion Gecex resolutions throughout 2025-26 (nº 815, nº 821, nº 844, among others) to adjust duty-free tariff-rate quotas and standard tariff lines on a rolling basis.

For wind turbines (NCM 8502.31.00), the resolution raises the import tariff and modifies an existing tariff-rate quota — Global Trade Alert classifies this line as an "Import tariff" intervention with a Red (harmful/discriminatory) evaluation. The same instrument also touches x-ray machines and other products captured in Annexes II, V and VI, though the primary Diário Oficial text could not be retrieved directly from this environment (in.gov.br connections reset immediately from this VPS); scope beyond the wind-turbine line is drawn from the GTA state-act summary and the official MDIC register entry, which confirms the resolution's existence, number, and DOU citation (Edição 100, 29 May 2025, Seção 1, página 7) via a verified redirect.

The measure was announced 29 May 2025 and implemented 1 January 2026 — an unusually long lag between publication and effect for a Gecex tariff resolution, consistent with a phased-in protective tariff intended to give downstream buyers time to adjust sourcing.

Downstream implications

• Higher landed cost for imported wind turbines entering under NCM 8502.31.00, consistent with

Brazil's broader pattern of using Gecex tariff-line adjustments to support domestic wind and capital-goods manufacturing.

• China and the US are flagged by GTA as the trading partners most exposed based on historical

import volumes on the affected lines.

• Part of the same rolling Gecex 272/2021 TRQ-maintenance cadence documented across the

register's other Brazil filings (nº 815, nº 821, nº 844) — no signal by itself of a broader wind-sector policy shift beyond this specific tariff-line action.

Open questions

• Exact new tariff rate (%) and quota volume for the wind-turbine line, and the specific

changes made to x-ray machines and other Annex II/V/VI lines, require the full DOU text, which was unreachable from this environment at filing time.

• Whether the tariff increase was requested by a specific domestic wind-turbine manufacturer

(e.g., under Brazil's local-content wind-energy programs) or is a routine Mercosur-nomenclature adjustment.