Brazil → European Union corridor
Exporting from Brazil to the European Union: what changes in 2026
Three European regulations come into force in the same year. Your European buyers will ask you for data no one has ever requested before. We prepare it with you, before shipment.
Three European deadlines that affect you
EU–Mercosur agreement, applied since 1 May 2026
Duties come down, but only if origin is proven. A poorly drafted origin declaration and the tariff benefit is lost, or reclaimed later from your buyer.
Deforestation Regulation, from 30 December 2026
Coffee, soy, beef, cocoa, timber, rubber, palm oil. Without plot geolocation and usable due diligence data, your European buyer can no longer place the goods on the market.
Carbon border mechanism, definitive regime since January 2026
Iron, steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers. Your client must declare the emissions actually embedded in your products. They will ask you for figures your teams have never calculated.
What your European buyer will ask of you
- The tariff classification of your products, consistent across your invoice, your NCM code and the European code used on import.
- Proof of Mercosur preferential origin, established under the rule specific to the product rather than by habit.
- For the Deforestation Regulation: geographic coordinates of plots, production date, chain of custody down to the shipped lot.
- For the carbon mechanism: embedded emissions per tonne, calculation method, installation data.
- Transport documents and an invoice that say exactly the same thing as the rest of the file.
- A contact able to answer you in Portuguese and to deal with Europe in its own language.
What we prepare with you
Map
Your products, your flows, your European customers and the regulations that actually reach you.
Check
What your documents say today: invoice, packing list, certificates, origin, transport.
Build
The file your buyer expects, in a format they can use directly in Europe.
Coordinate
With your despachante, your freight forwarder and the European importer, so everyone works from the same version.
A clear scope
What is included
- Tariff classification and preferential origin analysis.
- A compliance file ready to send to your buyer.
- Origin declaration templates and control points before each shipment.
- Direct dealings with the European importer, in their own language.
What is not included
- Lodging customs declarations, in Brazil or in Europe.
- Verification or certification of emissions data by an accredited body.
- Registering your company in European systems on your behalf.
- Laboratory analyses and product testing.
CTB Group steers customs compliance and governance; the filing itself remains with the representatives appointed by the company.
Frequently asked questions
We have been exporting to Europe for years. Why change now?
Because it is your buyers who are changing. The Deforestation Regulation and the carbon mechanism shift the burden of proof upstream: it is no longer a customs office that stops you, it is your European client who can no longer buy without your data.
Are you a despachante aduaneiro?
No. We lodge no declarations, either in Brazil or in Europe. We prepare the file and coordinate those who lodge it.
Do you work in Portuguese?
Yes, in Brazilian Portuguese — and in our team’s other working languages. That is precisely the point: your European buyer and you finally have the same contact.
When should we start on the Deforestation Regulation?
Now. The deadline is 30 December 2026, and collecting plot data from your suppliers is by far the longest part.
Let us look at one of your shipments
Take a real operation bound for Europe. We look together at what would hold and what would not. First conversation free, reply within 48 hours.
Authorisations concerned
For this sector, these are the statuses and authorisations that come up most often. The applicant is always the company; we prepare the file.
- Registered exporter (REX) — to establish preferential origin yourself
- Binding origin information (BOI) — to secure a contested origin
- EORI number — a prerequisite for any import or export operation
The proof of origin you provide to your European buyer depends on the applicable agreement, and the status that allows you to issue it is not the same everywhere. That is checked before announcing a tariff preference.