The increase of Brazilian competitiveness in face of the global market directly relates to increase in efficiency of its logistics activities. The Country, in general, presents high internal transportation and logistics operations cost, which evidences the constant need of actions that allow for reducing the “Brazil Cost” (generic expression used to describe the set of difficulties that increase cost of investment in Brazil, making its growth and development difficult).

In order to foster the Brazilian Foreign Trade development, the Industrial Airports project consolidates itself due the necessity to intensify the changes in the Country’s transportation and logistics systems, rendering possible installation of industrial plants at international airports, simplifying customs procedures and reduction in tariff prices, resulting in competitiveness increase for Brazilian industries in the international market. Businesspersons get, then, major government support, becoming cheaper to produce and compete in foreign markets.

The idea of implementing industrial airports in Brazil arose from a joint proposal from Infraero and the Federal Revenue Service of Brazil – SRF to change airport sites into option to foster and increase Brazilian exports. Inputs will be imported, incorporated to domestic components, and manufactured in these industrial plants, resulting then in finished products. This operation will be undertaken under Customs Warehouse Special Regimen in Imports and Export, governed by the SRF Normative Instruction no. 241, of 11/6/2002.

The industrial airport system is a novelty in Brazil’s customs sector. It has computerized control, allowing agility and speed in goods clearance and inspection.

Operationalization

It is necessary that, in order to initiate operations, the airport and industries been installed in the site be accredited by the Federal Revenue Service in order to get tax exemptions for production and exporting industrialized products. Space will be granted to firms through public bidding. Later, in these delimited areas need infrastructure for concessionaires’ activities (assembling line, shed, depots).