Radar is the system linked to the Federal Revenue that enables companies and individuals qualified to carry out import and export operations. Any individual or company wishing to import or export needs this authorization. 

Radar is the acronym for Registration and Tracking of the Performance of Customs Interveners. Unlike Siscomex, it is not a system, but a registry, in which it is possible to prove that a company is legally constituted and that it can exercise this function. 

Therefore, Radar and Siscomex complement each other. Thus, to carry out a foreign trade operation, you need to certify if your company has the Radar that will give access to the Siscomex system.

However, what is Siscomex?

To begin with, it is necessary to define what Siscomex (Integrated Foreign Trade System) is. In short, it is a computerized system that keeps track of all operations of export and import of the company, allowing control by the Federal Government, in addition to reducing the necessary documentation in the process, making life easier for the exporter or importer.

In addition, what allows the use of this system is what is called a password or qualification in Radar. 

For this reason, it is customary to refer to Qualification in Siscomex or Radar/Siscomex to both processes jointly. While Radar is linked to the company's CNPJ, access to Siscomex is linked to the CPF of the legal representative, that is, the customs broker hired to carry out this operation together with importers and exporters.

What documents are needed to issue the Radar?

• Social contract and other amendments;
• Simplified Certificate from the Board of Trade;
• Copy of the RG and CPF of the managing partner;
• Proof of DTE (Electronic Tax Domicile) – obtained through the E-CAC with the digital certificate E-CNPJ;
• Proof of capital payment;
• SODEA - Application Form Digital Service Dossier with a recognized signature in accordance with the Federal Revenue model;

Other Items

• Application for Qualification with notarized signature in accordance with the Federal Revenue model;
• Term of Responsibility with notarized signature in accordance with the Federal Revenue model;
• Social contract and latest amendments;
• Certified copy of the CPF and RG of the legal guardian;
• Registration Certificate from the Board of Trade;
• Simplified Certificate from the Board of Trade (Simplified registration form);
• Clearance certificate of debts (referring to federal tax/active union debt and labor debts).

It is important to point out that if your company is governed by a director who is not a partner, the power of attorney that grants powers to this director must be attached to these documents.

Before carrying out the entire process of solicitation, it is necessary to fill out an initial registration form determined by IRS and which must have a notarized signature.

The documents must also be registered in a notary and authenticated or with a notarized signature.

Other documents may be requested, such as:

• The operating license;
• Last year's IPTU;
• The lease agreement for the company's property;
• A Copy of the electricity or telephone bill with the company's name and address.

During the process of your request, it is possible that the tax auditor may request other additional documents. When in the prerogative, the inspector will seek to clarify photos found or some type of additional information.

More interesting information:

• The company must adhere to the DTE – Electronic Tax Domicile, which allows the company's mailbox to be considered its tax domicile address by the Federal Tax Administration;
• The legal representative of the company or its representative responsible for signing documents must be included in the company's articles of incorporation;
• access to SISCOMEX portal it is done thanks to the E-CPF of the legal representative of the company, which must be valid.

Qualifications on Radar

Qualification on Radar can occur in three ways. Qualification modalities vary according to operational and financial capacity of each company, as well as its tax framework.

Express Qualification

Express qualification, according to IN No. 1984/20, is restricted to legal entities constituted in the form of a publicly-held corporation, with shares traded on the stock exchange or over-the-counter market and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, public companies or economy society mixed.

Limited Qualification

1. Limited up to 50 thousand dollars or equivalent in another currency, if the estimated financial capacity of the organization is equal to or less than this amount;
2. Limited up to 150 thousand dollars or equivalent in another currency, if the estimated financial capacity of the organization is equal to or less than this value.

The Limited license modality can be divided into two sub-modalities:

Unlimited Qualification

Lastly, the Unlimited modality is used if the declarant of the goods don't fit in the parameters of the Express license, but has an estimated financial capacity above the values of the Limited modality. 

It is worth mentioning that both in the Express and Unlimited modes, there are no limiting values for import operations.

On the other hand, for all the mentioned modalities, the export operations do not have limiting values. 

How is the financial capacity estimated?

The estimate of financial capacity will be evaluated by the RFB, and only it will be able to define in which modality the license applicant will be classified. Thus, the capacity will be estimated based on the sum of collections of some taxes, being them:

1. Corporate Income Tax (IRPJ);
2. Social Contribution on Net Income (CSLL);
3. PIS/Pasep contribution;
4. Contribution for the Financing of Social Security (Cofins);
5. Social security contribution related to employees and/or individual contributors.

The values that are considered for the purpose of calculating the financial capacity are those contained in the RFB database and contributions that have been made in the current year and in the four calendar years prior to the date of filing the application.  

It is also worth mentioning that hiring a customs broker is essential, since once granted by the exporter or importer, he will be in charge of presenting to the Customs, the documentation established in the tax rules, related to the customs clearance of import or export, as well as being able to give all support in the process described above.