Brazil / ANATEL
ANATEL's Ato No. 18086 took effect 25 May 2026, restricting telecom-equipment imports to certification holders or their authorized representatives and requiring a valid ANATEL certification code inside the DUIMP customs declaration -- a missing or invalid code holds the shipment. Revised 5 GHz power limits for short-range devices (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi) took effect 6 April 2026, and Portaria No. 112/2026 adds EMC and safety certification for industrial telecom power supplies, UPS units and DC-DC converters, enforced from 1 January 2027.
Last updated 24 August 2026
ANATEL's Ato No. 18086, issued 25 November 2025 and in force since 25 May 2026, restricts who is permitted to import telecom equipment into Brazil to the certification holder itself or a formally authorized representative, and requires a valid ANATEL certification code to be entered in the shipment's DUIMP declaration. DUIMP (Declaracao Unica de Importacao) is Brazil's unified import declaration process, and customs now checks the declared code against ANATEL's own certification registry as part of clearance. A missing code, an expired certificate, or a code that does not match the product being imported causes the shipment to be held -- this is a documentary check enforced at the point of import, not a certification requirement that only matters if the product is later inspected.
Source: TUV SUD, "Brazil establishes new import procedure for telecommunications products"; trade.gov, "Brazil - Telecommunications Equipment Import Procedures".
Separately from the import-authorization rule, ANATEL revised power limits for the 5 GHz band and introduced new restricted radiation bands for short-range devices -- including Bluetooth and Wi-Fi equipment -- effective 6 April 2026. Products already ANATEL-certified under the prior RF limits are not automatically compliant with the revised ones: a certificate issued before 6 April 2026 confirmed compliance with the rules in force at the time it was issued, not with the current limits. Anyone with an existing Brazil-market product using 5 GHz or short-range RF should check the certification date against this changeover before assuming the certificate still applies.
Source: Entirety, "Brazil: New Wireless Regulations under Anatel Act 14158/2025".
Portaria No. 112/2026, updated 27 June 2026, newly requires both EMC and safety certification for industrial telecom power supplies, UPS units, and DC-DC converters -- a product category that previously carried lighter certification requirements in Brazil. Enforcement begins 1 January 2027, which puts this rule ahead of the two already in force above: a planning deadline to build lead time against, not an immediate gap. Products in this category intended for the Brazilian market should have EMC and safety certification scoped now, given typical lab lead times, rather than left until closer to the enforcement date.
Source: Industry coverage, "Brazil ANATEL Sets Dual Certification for Telecom Power Equipment"; trade.gov, "Brazil - Telecommunications Equipment Import Procedures".
Any consumer electronics or IoT manufacturer exporting telecom-capable products -- Wi-Fi or Bluetooth devices, connected appliances, telecom-adjacent power infrastructure -- into Latin America's largest electronics market. A business that already holds ANATEL certification is not automatically clear of the May 2026 rule: the certificate needs to be current against the revised RF limits and correctly referenced in every DUIMP filing, and import itself is now restricted to the certification holder or an authorized representative rather than open to any importer of record. Anyone building out power-supply or UPS products for telecom applications should also be tracking the January 2027 Portaria 112 deadline against their own certification lead times now.
ANATEL's Ato No. 18086, issued 25 November 2025 and in force since 25 May 2026, restricts who may import telecom equipment into Brazil to certification holders or their authorized representatives, and requires a valid ANATEL certification code to be entered in the DUIMP customs declaration for every shipment. A missing or invalid code causes the shipment to be held at customs -- this is now a documentary check enforced at the border, not just a certification requirement checked after the fact.
DUIMP (Declaracao Unica de Importacao) is Brazil's unified import declaration, replacing the older import-licensing process. Since Ato No. 18086 took effect, telecom-equipment shipments must carry a valid ANATEL certification code within the DUIMP filing. Customs checks this code against ANATEL's own registry, so the certificate needs to exist and be correctly referenced before the shipment is filed -- not obtained retroactively once goods are already held.
Revised 5 GHz power limits and new restricted radiation bands for short-range devices, including Bluetooth and Wi-Fi equipment, became effective 6 April 2026. Products already ANATEL-certified under the prior RF limits should be checked against the revised limits before further import or sale in Brazil -- a certificate issued before 6 April 2026 does not automatically confirm compliance with the current limits.
Portaria No. 112/2026, updated 27 June 2026, newly requires both EMC and safety certification for industrial telecom power supplies, UPS units, and DC-DC converters. Enforcement begins 1 January 2027, which puts it ahead of the two rules already in force -- a planning deadline rather than an immediate compliance gap, but one that affects a product category (power infrastructure for telecom equipment) that previously had lighter certification requirements in Brazil.
Adding Brazil to a market-access review alongside the EU, UK, US, Korea, India, China, Australia or Japan means checking ANATEL certification status against the revised RF limits, confirming the DUIMP filing route through a certification holder or authorized representative, and -- for power-infrastructure products -- scoping EMC and safety certification against the January 2027 Portaria 112 deadline. We fold Brazil's ANATEL requirements into the same market-access review we run for the other jurisdictions we cover, so it is one process per product, not a separate one to track per country.
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