The COVID-19 Pandemic has already changed the way the world lives and works.
Before the Pandemic, given the easy and great offer of air transportation available, the planning of current supply chain and logistics was based on the establishment of strategic stocks of maintenance and repair parts, aiming the stock concentration on strategic points worldwide, where air transport were always available.
The Pandemic brought the suspension of the flights and paralyzed fast transport, the air transport, which was the essence of strategic inventory planning until few months ago.
It is not the first time there is an interruption in the air traffic, prejudicing load deliveries, although the COVID-19 has a worldwide character and an extensive duration, without any prediction of the situation returning to normal conditions. It seems appropriated to remember that the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in 2010, interrupted air traffic in the northern hemisphere. In addition to this fact, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, snow storms and natural events are common to eventually interrupt the aerial traffic.
In the post-COVID-19 planning, companies that depend on maintenance parts will certainly examine the possibility of stablishing strategic stocks of these materials close to the locations where the equipment is needed and with more autonomy, when maintenance or repairs are requested for equipments, machines, vehicles, and so on.
In Brazil, Customs Laws allow that these stocks can be admitted with payment of taxes only when they are used, in places sometimes owned by the company itself.
LDCcomex is a company specialized in Foreign Trade Projects, with more than 25 years of experience in Customs Logistics and Tax Consultancy, with installment of consulting tax and customs projects and a vast expertise in the Legislation in Force, being, therefore, apt to present feasible solutions to new problems that may appear in the segment of Supply and Logistics Chain. As an example, we have tracing new strategies of installation, positioning and the operation of new maintenance stock pieces, used and recovered in Brazil.
In case there is an interest in more information about this subject, or any other related to International Commerce and Special Customs Regimes, you can get in touch with one of our consultants by emailing to contato@ldccomex.com.br