Brazil will strengthen the quality control of imported auto parts

In the first half of this year, Brazil’s Technical Quality Standards Authority will establish new technical quality standards for the import of some important auto parts. These auto parts include car steering wheels, batteries and tires. Since then, whether it is imported products or domestic products, these auto parts sales in the Brazilian market must be like toy products, in order to obtain the quality certification of the Brazilian Technical Quality Standards Authority in advance.

According to Brazil’s “Sao Paulo” report, Brazil has re-adjusted its technical standards for the import of auto parts in order to further strengthen the supervision of Chinese auto parts imports. According to statistics, the value of Brazilian auto parts imports from China rose from 467 million U.S. dollars in 2009 to 1.25 billion U.S. dollars in 2011. Affredo, head of the Quality Management Department of Brazil’s Technical Quality Standards Authority, said: “The quality of many imported automotive parts in Brazil is worrying, and some products even have very poor quality, which will bring safety to Brazilians. Hidden dangers." Brazil has redesigned the technical standards of 9 auto parts and plans to re-regulate the technical quality standards of 11 other auto parts by 2015, including car horns and mufflers.