Brazil Resolução Gecex nº 772/2025 — Temporary Tariff Increase on 2-Ethylhexyl Acrylate Esters

Mechanism

Resolução Gecex nº 772/2025 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) and that also serves as the recurring vehicle for Brazil's LETEC-style temporary tariff modifications (the same family used by companion resolutions nº 770, 779, 780, 782, 812, 815, 816, 821, 844 — Resolução nº 770, filed the same day, covers kraft paper and glyphosate).

Annex IX of the base resolution carries a temporary import-duty increase on 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (NCM 2916.12.40), a chemical intermediate used in acrylic-polymer, adhesive, and coatings manufacture. Resolução nº 772 extends this increase — from the standard 0% MFN rate to 10.8% ad valorem — for a further one-year window, 29 July 2025 through 28 July 2026.

Downstream implications

• A narrow, MFN-applicable chemical-intermediate tariff line; the measure

raises landed cost for Brazilian downstream formulators (adhesives, coatings, acrylic polymers) sourcing 2-ethylhexyl acrylate rather than targeting any single trading partner by design.

• GTA's flagged "affected" countries (Belgium, China, Germany) reflect

historical import-volume shares in this NCM line, not discriminatory intent in the resolution text.

• Consistent with Brazil's recurring practice of rolling one-year tariff

protections for domestic petrochemical/specialty-chemical producers through the Gecex Annex IX/V mechanism rather than a full trade-remedy (anti-dumping) investigation.

Open questions

• Whether the extension responds to a domestic producer petition (the

publication text does not state a rationale) or is routine LETEC-cycle renewal of a pre-existing measure.

• Domestic production capacity for 2-ethylhexyl acrylate in Brazil (i.e.

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