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BrazilAdopted, according to its latest notice

Ceramic building bricks – Brazil

Official title

Ministerial Act: Nº 16, 5 January 2011 (6 pages in Portuguese).

Brazil issued an addendum on 14 September 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/BRA/419. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 26 January 2011.

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At a glance

Products

Ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support or filler tiles and the like (HS 69.04)

HS codes
  • 69 · Ceramic products
    • 6904 Ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support or filler tiles and the like (excl. those of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths, refractory…
Notifying member
Brazil
Status
Adopted, according to its latest notice
Objectives
  • Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade
  • Cost saving and productivity enhancement
  • Other
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/BRA/419Latest notice: G/TBT/N/BRA/419/Add.4

Key dates

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Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/BRA/419/Add.4⁩, 14 September 2026)

The latest notice says the measure was adopted or published.

PUBLIC CONSULTATION NO. 13, 4 SEPTEMBER 2026

Proposal to amend Inmetro Ordinance No. 270 of June 23, 2021, which approves the Technical Regulation for Ceramic Masonry Components – Consolidated.

Technical regulation which establishes the criteria to determine dimensions, and trade conditions for ceramic building bricks and the like. It revokes Ministerial Act nº127, 29 June 2005.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/419/Add.4

    PUBLIC CONSULTATION NO. 13, 4 SEPTEMBER 2026

    Proposal to amend Inmetro Ordinance No. 270 of June 23, 2021, which approves the Technical Regulation for Ceramic Masonry Components – Consolidated.

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  2. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/419/Add.3

    Technical regulation for ceramic components for masonry - Consolidated.

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, issued Ordinance No. 270, 23 June 2021 that approves the consolidation of technical regulation for ceramic components for masonry. The aim of the consolidation of the regulation is to attend decree no. 10.139 of 28 November 2020. Inmetro Ordinance No. 270 revoke on the date of 1 July 2021: - Inmetro Ordinance No. 558, of 19 November 2013, published in the Brazilian Official Gazette of 22 November 2013, section 1, pages 102 to 104, previously notified thought G/TBT/N/BRA/419/Add.2

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  3. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/419/Add.2

    This addendum aims at informing that the Technical Regulation which establishes the criteria to determine dimensions and trade conditions requirements for ceramic building bricks, issued by the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (Inmetro), was adopted as the final text and published in the Brazilian Official Journal nº 227, 22 November 2013, through the Ordinance n° 558, 19 November 2013. It also revokes Ordinance nº16, 5 January 2011 (G/TBT/N/BRA/419), published in the Braz

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  4. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/419/Add.1

    This addendum aims at informing that the technical regulation which establishes the criteria to determine dimensions and trade conditions requirements for ceramic building bricks, issued by the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (Inmetro), is under review by the Ordinance nº 132, 21 March 2013 and is taking comments until 21 May 2013. It will revoke Ordinance nº 16, 5 January 2011 (G/TBT/N/BRA/419), 24 months after the publication date of the Ordinance nº 132/2013 in the Bra

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  5. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/BRA/419

    Ministerial Act: Nº 16, 5 January 2011 (6 pages in Portuguese).

    Technical regulation which establishes the criteria to determine dimensions, and trade conditions for ceramic building bricks and the like. It revokes Ministerial Act nº127, 29 June 2005.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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