Shipping from Tianjin to Brazil

Ports compared

40 listed ports in Brazil

Positions from the port reference list. The discharge port is the one named in the booking, not the nearest city.

The 40 listed port positions in the same projection as the corridor maps; names and positions are in the table. Geographic illustration only.

No.	Port	Position	Classification	From Tianjin
1	Angra dos Reis	23.02°S, 44.32°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
2	Antonina	25.42°S, 48.70°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
3	Aratu	12.78°S, 38.50°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
4	Areia Branca	4.95°S, 37.12°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
5	Barra do Riacho	19.83°S, 40.06°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
6	Barra dos Coqueiros	10.90°S, 37.03°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
7	Belém	1.45°S, 48.50°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
8	Cabedelo	6.97°S, 34.83°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
9	Fortaleza	3.72°S, 38.48°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
10	Imbituba	28.23°S, 48.67°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
11	Itaguai	22.87°S, 43.77°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
12	Itajai	26.92°S, 48.63°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
13	Itapoa	26.00°S, 48.60°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
14	Itaqui	2.57°S, 44.37°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
15	Laguna	28.50°S, 48.78°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
16	Macapá	0.05°S, 51.18°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
17	Macaé (Imbetiba)	22.37°S, 41.77°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
18	Maceió	9.65°S, 35.70°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
19	Natal	5.78°S, 35.20°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
20	Navegantes	26.88°S, 48.63°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
21	Niterói	22.88°S, 43.12°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
22	Paranagua	25.50°S, 48.52°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
23	Pecém	3.54°S, 38.81°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
24	Porto Alegre	30.03°S, 51.23°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
25	Praia Mole	20.29°S, 40.24°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
26	Recife	8.05°S, 34.87°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
27	Regência	19.65°S, 39.82°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
28	Rio de Janeiro	22.90°S, 43.17°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
29	Rio Grande	32.05°S, 52.08°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
30	Salvador	13.00°S, 38.48°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
31	Santarém	2.42°S, 54.72°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
32	Santos	23.95°S, 46.30°W	Port / terminal area	Key destination
33	Sao Francisco do Sul	26.23°S, 48.63°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
34	Sao Sebastiao	23.80°S, 45.40°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
35	Suape	8.40°S, 34.97°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
36	Tubarão	20.28°S, 40.25°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
37	TVV	20.33°S, 40.29°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
38	Ubu	20.79°S, 40.58°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
39	Vila do Conde	1.55°S, 48.75°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
40	Vitoria	20.32°S, 40.33°W	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request

Brazil import

Customs and import context

Customs authority and filings

Imports are cleared by Brazilian Federal Revenue (Receita Federal). The importer of record (or its broker) files the declaration; Anxin coordinates but does not act as importer.

Importer RADAR registration
Siscomex import declarations
MERCOSUR common external tariff

Import taxes to expect by name: II, IPI, PIS/COFINS and state ICMS. Rates and duties are confirmed by the importer's broker for the exact product classification.

Languages and documents

Official or main business languages: Portuguese. Commercial invoice, packing list and battery descriptions should use the product names the importer will declare.

Local-language port names on file (confirm spelling on your documents): Itapoa: Porto Itapoá; Navegantes: Porto de Navegantes; Paranagua: Porto de Paranaguá; Rio Grande: Porto do Rio Grande; Santos: Porto de Santos; Suape: Porto de Suape.

Container ship at berth in Cartagena, Colombia

A blue truck hauling an orange container on a motorway

Lithium battery cargo

Documents and battery checks for Brazil

These are the questions we check with the importer and carrier; they do not confirm acceptance.

Documents

Checklist to send before a quote for Brazil

Commercial invoiceShipperProduct names as the importer will declare them
Packing listShipperPieces, weights, dimensions per package
UN 38.3 test summaryManufacturerFor each battery or cell type in the shipment
Safety data sheet (SDS)Manufacturer / supplierCurrent version matching the battery model
Battery dataManufacturerChemistry, Wh rating or lithium content, state of charge where relevant
Packaging and label photosShipper / packerOuter packs, marks and labels before pickup
DG declaration detailsFrom the shipper's dataFiled by the carrier's agent before loading
Importer detailsImporterImporter of record, broker contact, destination registrations

Added for Brazil

Importer RADAR registration.
Siscomex import declarations.
MERCOSUR common external tariff.
Import taxes to expect by name: II, IPI, PIS/COFINS and state ICMS; rates are confirmed by the importer's broker.
Documents and port names are usually handled in Portuguese.

Download the checklist (PDF, 1 page)

Anxin reviews documents supplied by the shipper and manufacturer; it does not issue UN 38.3 reports or SDS.

A cylindrical lithium-ion cell held between two fingers

Packing photos that speed up the review

The outer package with its marks and labels
Inner packaging and how cells or batteries are separated
Terminal protection against short circuit
How the battery sits in, or next to, the equipment

Photos of the actual cargo, labelled by carton, help the carrier and our team check the packing before booking.

Tianjin side

Leaving Tianjin for Brazil

Tianjin Xingang is the main seaport for Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. It sits at the western end of the Bohai Sea, so every ocean corridor first crosses the Bohai Sea and the Bohai Strait.

Origin handover · Tianjin

Where the cargo is handed over in Tianjin

Factory or supplierBeijing, Tianjin and Hebei, with rail links toward Shanxi and Inner Mongolia
Pickup / truckingor the shipper's own delivery
Warehouse or CFSDG-capable stuffing or consolidation, when used
Tianjin terminalBeijiang / Dongjiang (Xingang)
Vessel loadingdeparture into the Bohai Sea

Port areas named for Tianjin

Xingang (Beijiang)Beijiang port area of Tianjin Xingang, north of the main channel
Xingang (Dongjiang)Dongjiang port area of Tianjin Xingang, on reclaimed land east of Beijiang

Three handover options and what the quote covers

Handover option	Factory or supplier	Pickup / trucking	Warehouse or CFS	Tianjin terminal	Vessel loading
Door pickup	in quote scope	in quote scope	in quote scope	in quote scope	in quote scope
Delivery to a warehouse / CFS	shipper arranges	shipper arranges	in quote scope	in quote scope	in quote scope
Delivery to the terminal gate	shipper arranges	shipper arranges	shipper arranges	in quote scope	in quote scope

in the quote scope arranged by the shipper

Schematic, not to scale. The terminal used for a booking depends on the carrier; Rail from inland dry ports into Tianjin Xingang is used for some cargo; whether it applies is confirmed per shipment.