Viracopos International Airport in Campinas (SP) started this week a special service for receiving e-commerce goods that should speed up the receipt of express shipments throughout the Southeast region of the country. TECEX Viracopos started the operation with four specialized companies that occupy an exclusive area within the Cargo Terminal to process import packages.
The location will have a different flow and all operators are qualified in the Federal Revenue Service's Conforming Remittance Program. The Viracopos TECEX will house 04 companies and will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A pilot test at the location was successfully carried out on January 15th by the company PHX.
The Remessa Conforme Program is a program implemented by the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service in 2023, designed to simplify the import process and reformulate the taxation system for international purchases.
The expectation of the Viracopos Cargo Commercial Management is that the location will be able to receive approximately 70 thousand packages per day in this first phase of the operation.
The airport is already preparing new areas to expand TECEX in the coming months and, thus, will be able to open space for other companies to also the special express shipping system destined for the Southeast region, mainly for the State of São Paulo.
“Our expectation is that the express shipping package will be released within a few hours, to be delivered safely and quickly to the customers of the respective companies operating at TECEX in Viracopos,” said Viracopos Commercial Director, Maria Fan.
Security and monitoring
TECEX Viracopos will operate with three X-ray machines dedicated exclusively to express e-commerce shipping operations. The site is monitored 24 hours a day by security cameras and has separate areas for inspection, retention and seizure, which will be overseen by the consenting public agencies and managed by the concessionaire Aeroportos Brasil Viracopos.
E-commerce, or electronic commerce, is the process of buying and selling products and services over the internet. The term refers to transactions carried out via computers, cell phones, tablets and other mobile devices.
The Viracopos TECEX had its customs clearance approved by the Federal Revenue Service at the end of 2024 and the start of operations this month is very timely due to the Chinese holiday which results in a significant increase in demand.
“Some companies in the e-commerce sector are already looking for the airport, interested in areas to the Viracopos TECEX, and the airport has already started work to expand the service in the coming months, potentially consolidating Viracopos as one of the main distribution centers for express shipments in the Southeast region of the country,” added the Commercial Cargo Manager at Viracopos, Marina Giffu.
According to the Brazilian Electronic Commerce Association (ABComm), total sales ed in Brazilian e-commerce were R$185,7 billion in 2023, an increase of 10% compared to the previous period. According to data from the institution, there were 395,1 million orders and, for 2024, the projection, yet to be formalized, is to reach R$205,1 billion, with 418,6 million purchases.
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