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# Intelligence: Wine & Spirits Import in Brazil

## Industry Context

- **Payment pressure:** Duty and excise payments (large upfront costs); Bonded warehouse management

- **Operational control:** 0.5% spread on EUR wine payments; En primeur payment scheduling

## Country Context

- **Use case:** Pay Brazilian suppliers for coffee, agricultural commodities, manufacturing, leather goods

- **Settlement:** T+0 (2.3s avg within Unicorn network)

- **Banking:** **Pix Key or Bank Code** (Pix (CPF/email/phone) or bank code + branch + account)

- **Regulatory:** Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central) regulations; Brazilian tax ID (CNPJ) required for business payments

## Key Industries in Country

- Agriculture

- Coffee Export

- Manufacturing

- Leather Goods

- Mining