When the standard process is not enough.

A client imported two full vessels of steel rebar without the mandatory Inmetro certification. The scenario was critical: certification for this product follows Model 5 and is carried out directly at the mill. Since all production had been completed before certification, the material could not be regularised through the conventional procedure.

The available alternatives were severe: return the entire cargo to the country of origin, with estimated losses in the tens of millions of dollars, or destroy the goods entirely, cutting each bar into small segments to prevent commercial use.

Our team took over the coordination of the solution. We carried out an in-depth study of the legislation, worked alongside specialists in Inmetro regulation and conducted technical discussions with the competent authorities. We found a fully lawful solution, officially accepted by the Brazilian authorities, that allowed the cargo to be released.

A Brazilian company hired a foreign contractor to execute a project in Brazil. The contract required that all materials used had to be imported, which prevented the direct purchase of products manufactured in the Brazilian market.

During the project it was identified that the best electrical cable, already approved and certified for the application, was produced in Brazil. The client faced a deadlock: following the contract to the letter meant using an inferior product.

Our team designed a logistics and tax structure that fully met the contractual requirement, coordinating distinct customs regimes, more than one jurisdiction and several participants in the chain, within the legislation applicable at each stage.

A Korean company asked for our proposal to coordinate its operations in Brazil and, at the time, hired another company because it considered our proposal more expensive. Some time later, it came back to us with a delicate situation: a machine was held at a Brazilian port and the client had been told that release would only happen through an informal payment to the officer in charge.

Our position was immediate: we did not believe that was the reality. Beyond being incompatible with the regulatory environment, any company that accepts this kind of situation takes on far greater risks in the future.

We analysed the entire operation, drew on the network built over decades of port operations and investigated the source of the problem. The conclusion was entirely different: the officer had never requested any irregular payment. An operator in the logistics chain was using the natural delay of the process to fabricate a situation that did not exist.

After our intervention the operation was regularised, the cargo released, and the client has trusted our work ever since.