{"id":3019,"date":"2026-05-25T12:48:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbtesser.com.br\/?p=3019"},"modified":"2026-08-18T11:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:05:46","slug":"import-bureaucracy-the-gray-channel-as-an-obstacle-to-competitiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbtesser.com.br\/en\/burocracia-na-importacao-o-canal-cinza-como-entrave-a-competitividade\/","title":{"rendered":"Bureaucracy in imports: the gray channel as an obstacle to competitiveness."},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3019\" class=\"elementor elementor-3019\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7655c51b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7655c51b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28837ba0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28837ba0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bureaucracy in import operations remains one of the most silent, yet most burdensome, obstacles to Brazilian foreign trade, especially when it manifests itself in the so-called &quot;gray channel.&quot; What should be an exceptional customs control mechanism often ends up being converted into an instrument for the undue expansion of inspections, with direct impacts on companies, production chains, and consumers.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In practice, one observes demands lacking adequate legal justification, with generic requests for documents and information that exceed the scope of the operation being analyzed. This amounts to a veritable fishing expedition, in which the importer is compelled to produce evidence in a broad and undefined manner, without a clear delimitation of the object of the inspection. This scenario compromises legal certainty and affronts fundamental principles of administrative law, such as the legality, justification, and reasonableness of administrative acts.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The situation is aggravated by the recurring failure to observe deadlines for initiating and concluding procedures, which unduly prolongs the retention of goods. The effect is immediate: a significant increase in logistics costs, storage and demurrage charges, as well as the paralysis of the production chain. This impact goes beyond the business sphere and directly affects the end consumer, who absorbs these costs in the price of products, ultimately penalizing the whole of society.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Bureaucracy in import operations, especially within the context of the gray channel, reveals a deviation from the intended purpose of the fiscal procedure: what should be an instrument of control becomes a factor of insecurity and economic inefficiency. The absence of objective criteria and the systematic failure to meet deadlines weaken the business environment and compromise the predictability essential to foreign trade operations, discouraging investment and reducing national competitiveness.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Overcoming this model requires strengthening procedural safeguards, strictly adhering to legal deadlines, and limiting tax enforcement actions to the strict terms of the law. Without this, the gray channel will continue to operate as an invisible, yet highly costly, obstacle to the country&#039;s competitiveness.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Dr. Andrea Aquino, President of the Maritime and Port Law Commission of the OAB\/CE (Brazilian Bar Association, Cear\u00e1 chapter).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A burocracia na importa\u00e7\u00e3o permanece como um dos entraves mais silenciosos, e mais gravosos, ao com\u00e9rcio exterior brasileiro, sobretudo quando se manifesta no chamado &#8220;canal cinza&#8221;. O que deveria ser um mecanismo excepcional de controle aduaneiro acaba, n\u00e3o raras vezes, convertido em instrumento de amplia\u00e7\u00e3o indevida da fiscaliza\u00e7\u00e3o, com impactos diretos sobre empresas, cadeias produtivas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4009,"featured_media":3021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artigos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Burocracia na importa\u00e7\u00e3o: o canal cinza como entrave \u00e0 competitividade | DBTesser Advogados<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dbtesser.com.br\/en\/import-bureaucracy-the-gray-channel-as-an-obstacle-to-competitiveness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Burocracia na importa\u00e7\u00e3o: o canal cinza como entrave \u00e0 competitividade | DBTesser Advogados\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A burocracia na importa\u00e7\u00e3o permanece como um dos entraves mais silenciosos, e mais gravosos, ao com\u00e9rcio exterior brasileiro, sobretudo quando se manifesta no chamado &#8220;canal cinza&#8221;. 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