Report Published: "Refrigeration Appliances in Brazil"
On 1 February 2013 the Brazilian government began to gradually increase IPI (Tax on Industrialised Products) on fridges, fridge-freezers and freezers, from 5% to 7.5%. The category was supposed to return to its original tax of 15% on 1 July, but the government once again postponed the measure, increasing the IPI from 7.5% to 8.5% at the end of December.
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