Other services: As part of an expansion strategy, a company may wish to establish itself in Brazil, but not want to set up the infrastructure to handle day to day operations, transportation, billing, monitoring, etc. This is why some Brazilian companies, including MANDALA Service Provider, offer services tailored to the needs of the customer. First, a company entering the Brazilian market may decide to create a commercial office and outsource all other ancillary activities. MANDALA can help from the creation of the company in Brazil to all related proceedings (visa application, physical hosting, temporary financial monitoring and accounting). In addition to these services, Mandala can handle all operations from the importation of products to contracting distributors to the end customer. This allows the foreign company to devote itself entirely to marketing its products.These solutions are obviously limited in time, but are extremely valuable because they allow the foreign company to devote itself entirely
to the marketing of its products and depending on the results, decide to gradually recover its related services. You can also opt to outsource your commercial structure, or even the management of the local subsidiary. These offers are fully adaptable to the implementation strategy of the company, but are based on a simple concept: “Why do it yourself, when you can depend on someone else to do it right.” The cost of these benefits is quickly offset by savings of time and energy gained by outsourcing many activities of a company. And this in a country that is extremely bureaucratic with multiple laws that overlap and at times conflict with each other, to the delight of law firms. For example, 2 million laws were created in Brazil in the last 20 years and most only serve to complicate the lives of Brazilian companies. The Brazilian government seeks by all possible means to control what happens on its territory and has a strict policy for its regulatory environment, building rules that are some of the most stringent in the world. Hence there exist a multiplicity of demands from organizations and taxation controls. For example, a ship arriving in a Brazilian port must provide no fewer than 112 documents from 14 different departments! A business, even without work must submit forms between four and 10 from organizations such as tax authorities, the local social security (INSS), the Federal Economic Fund, Bank of the State responsible for managing a fund for employees, and so on). For a foreign company unaccustomed to all of these constraints it can be quite discouraging. From the very beginning such a company must surround itself with expensive advisors (lawyers, accountants, etc). That is why the idea of subcontracting these responsibilities is very attractive. Source: MANDALA Brazil Represented by Crofthawk
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4. You now can begin the registration process! Application filings to the different services of ANVISA require rigorous monitoring. Along with the registration request, a report must be presented, comprising information related to the product (specific technical language and terminology will be used). Economic data may also be required. 5. Documents will be analyzed by an Anvisa staff. If the registration is approved, the registration number will be published in the Official Paper (DOU). The registration is valid for five years. Note: it is essential to check the request and the publication consistency. 6. Products will be allowed to enter Brazil following the publication of the registration by Anvisa. Mind you, any mistakes or misunderstandings during this arduous process can cost a significant amount of additional time and money but the importance of the market justifies your efforts and perseverance.