Move from Italy to Brazil return home with peace of mind

If you stayed abroad for more than 1 year and are effectively transferring residence to Brazil, the used goods that make up your unaccompanied baggage are treated as baggage, exempt from taxes, under the terms of Instrução Normativa RFB nº 1.059/2010. The condition is that the cargo arrives within the legal window and that the documentation proves the transfer of residence. New goods and vehicles are excluded from this exemption.

Yes, and this is not our preference: it is not possible to complete the customs clearance before your disembarkation in Brazil. Receita Federal do Brasil (Brazilian Federal Revenue Service) requires, among the documents for the clearance, proof of the traveler’s arrival in the country, and the right to exemption is linked to your definitive arrival. The cargo can leave Italy and arrive before you — the legal window allows up to 3 months in advance — but it will remain waiting at the port or airport until you arrive, with storage and demurrage accruing in that interval. That is why we schedule from your arrival date, and not from the date the household is ready to be packed.

Unaccompanied baggage must arrive between 3 months before and 6 months after the date of your disembarkation in Brazil. This window is the most sensitive point of the route. Since maritime transit takes 40 to 60 days, we plan the cargo’s shipment date based on the date of your flight, not the other way around. Outside the window, the Receita Federal treats the cargo as a regular import and charges the taxes.

This is a specific point of this route. The Italian customs duty relief prevents goods from being transferred, rented, lent or pledged during the twelve months following importation without prior notification to customs. For those who completed a short-term assignment and want to return before that period, it is necessary to check the situation with the Agenzia delle Dogane before shipping the cargo back. We perform this check during the initial analysis.

You can bring it, but the tax treatment is different. The baggage regime for transfer of residence presumes a stay abroad of more than 1 year. With a shorter period, the operation needs to be structured differently and taxes may be due. We evaluate your specific case before issuing a quote, because the relocation strategy changes considerably in that scenario.

Motor vehicles are not included in the baggage treatment in Brazilian importation. It is a known asymmetry of this route: Italy accepts cars and motorcycles used for at least 6 months under entry customs duty relief, but Brazil does not admit them under the baggage regime. Importation is a separate operation, with its own taxation and requirements, including homologation. Our team advises on feasibility case by case, almost always unfavorable.

It depends on the appliance and the region. Italy operates at 230 V, with plug types L, F and C. In Brazil, much of the country uses 127 V, with the standard plug NBR 14136. Electronic devices with a multi-voltage power supply generally work with a plug adapter. Motorized equipment, such as washers, dryers and dishwashers, do not operate adequately with simple adapters and require a properly sized transformer when feasible. We evaluate item by item in the inventory.

Yes. The return of animals to Brazil requires an international veterinary certificate issued by an official veterinarian, a valid rabies vaccination and compliance with the requirements of the Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária. The return protocol is much simpler than the entry protocol for Italy, which requires antibody titration and a waiting period of 3 months after blood collection. Transport of the animal is a process separate from the relocation of goods and runs in parallel, conducted by our pet department. We have already transported more than 1,000 animals.

Proof is provided by a set of documents, and the hierarchy among them matters. The two proofs that effectively support the customs clearance are the Declaration of Residence issued by the Brazilian Consulate of the city where you live and utility bills in your name, such as water, electricity, gas and internet: these are what demonstrate effective residence at the address. Documents such as the residence certificate issued by the comune, the permesso di soggiorno or the Italian identity card, the codice fiscale, the employment contract and the rental contract enter the dossier as supporting evidence, together with the passport showing entries and exits, but do not prove residence on their own, because they attest authorization to reside and not the fact of having lived there. It is also necessary to have the document that certifies the termination of that residence, normally the deregistration at the comune or the registration in AIRE. We assemble this dossier with you before shipment, because gathering documents abroad after you are already in Brazil is much more difficult.

In Italy, collection, packing and exit documentation are conducted by accredited agents of our international network, under supervision of our team. In Brazil, customs clearance, final delivery and assembly are executed by One Moving’s own team, without intermediaries. Since Brazilian customs clearance is the critical point of this route, it is entirely under our direct management.