{"id":2146,"date":"2026-04-10T11:05:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zelinka.cz\/?p=2146"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:25:18","slug":"mercosur-nine-trade-opportunities-without-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zelinka.cz\/en\/news\/mercosur-nine-trade-opportunities-without-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"MERCOSUR: New trade opportunities without tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global trade is undergoing a dynamic period of change and uncertainty. That's precisely why every simplification of international trade represents a crucial opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 1 May 2026, the provisional implementation of the MERCOSUR trade agreement between the European Union and the South American states (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) is expected to commence. This agreement opens up new markets for EU companies under significantly more favourable terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What does that mean in practice?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most industrial goods will be exempt from customs duties<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sensitive commodities will see a gradual reduction in tariffs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selected products will be imported under preferential terms within quotas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The key condition for utilising these benefits is the correct demonstration of preferential origin of goods in accordance with the rules set out in the agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How can #CJZ help you?<\/strong><br>We will help you identify specific customs benefits for your goods, verify origin conditions, and ensure correct process setup so that you can make the most of new business opportunities \u2013 without risks or unnecessary costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detailed information on rates, quotas and the schedule for their reduction is available in the EUR system \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/CS\/TXT\/?uri=OJ:L_202600184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EUR-Lex \u2013 22026A00184 \u2013 EN \u2013 EUR-Lex<\/a> . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We'd be happy to guide you through it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vladan Feik<\/strong><br>Manager of the Customs Specialist Department<br><a href=\"mailto:vladan.feik@zelinka.cz\">vladan.feik@zelinka.cz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World trade is going through a dynamic period full of changes and uncertainties. That is precisely why every simplification of international trade is a crucial opportunity. From 1 May 2026, the provisional implementation of the trade part of the MERCOSUR agreement between the European Union and the South American states (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) is expected to begin. This agreement opens up new markets for EU businesses under significantly more advantageous conditions. [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zelinka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zelinka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zelinka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zelinka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zelinka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2146"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/zelinka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2150,"href":"https:\/\/zelinka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146\/revisions\/2150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zelinka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zelinka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zelinka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zelinka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}