How to ship to Brazil with USPS as a reseller

A small package of goods to Brazil, up to 4 lb and $400, goes by First-Class Package International Service: $26.43 for up to 8 oz with a label from a USPS-approved PC Postage provider, or $27.75 at the Post Office or through Click-N-Ship. From 33 oz, a Priority Mail International Flat Rate Envelope costs less if the item fits: $46.02 online, against $53.58 by First-Class Package International, though USPS offers no tracking on Flat Rate Envelopes. Heavier or pricier packages go by Priority Mail International, up to 66 lb, from $69.81 for 1 lb online, and every package of goods needs an electronic customs form with a 6-digit HS code for each item. The country's own rules to watch: used consumer goods banned; tax ID required.

Rules quoted from Brazil's Individual Country Listing in USPS's International Mail Manual, read Oct 19, 2026. Prices from Notice 123 effective Oct 4, 2026; package prices are unchanged since the Jan 18, 2026 edition.

Rates verified on Oct 19, 2026

First-Class Package International, up to 8 oz, online: $26.43
Priority Mail International, 1 lb, online: $69.81
Heaviest package (Priority Mail International): 66 lb
Prepaid duties (USPS DDP): Not available

What you can and can't send to Brazil

Goods on a country's prohibited list can't be mailed there, and a country can return or seize mail that breaks its rules even if USPS never published them (IMM 131.32-131.33). Here is what Brazil's listing says about the goods resellers ship most, quoted from it, next to USPS's rule for every country where there is one. Other items on Brazil's lists include banknotes, tobacco promotions, unlicensed medicines, smoked meats, coffee seeds and biological substances; saccharine and seeds need approval.

Books, magazines and other printed matter

“Primary educational books not written in Portuguese.” (IMM Brazil listing, Prohibitions)
“Other merchandise that usually enters duty-free includes items such as newspapers, maps, books, and magazines.” (IMM Brazil listing, Observations)

Every country: USPS treats books as goods, not documents: they need a customs form with a value (IMM 123.623). There is no Media Mail abroad: USPS's five international mail categories don't include it (IMM 141.1), so books pay the same package prices as other goods. Airmail M-bags, a sack of printed matter to one address, are open to Brazil (IMM 261.21).

CDs, DVDs, records and film

Nothing on Brazil's lists.

Every country: CDs, DVDs and other recorded or blank media always need a customs form and a value; USPS never counts them as documents (IMM 123.622-123.623).

Used and secondhand goods

“Used consumer goods” (IMM Brazil listing, Prohibitions)
“Used consumer goods may only be sent to charitable organizations that are recognized by the Brazilian government as being entities which serve the public interest.” (IMM Brazil listing, Observations)

Every country: Used, damaged or defective electronics with lithium batteries can't be mailed abroad; the manual exempts only devices new in their original packaging and manufacturer-certified new or refurbished ones (IMM 135.62).

Cosmetics, perfume and aerosols

Nothing on Brazil's lists.

Every country: USPS lists aerosols, nail polish, perfumes containing alcohol and hemp-based (CBD) products among items that can't be sent to any country (USPS international restrictions). Dangerous goods, such as flammable materials and compressed gases, are banned in all international mail (IMM 136.1).

Electronics and batteries

Nothing on Brazil's lists.

Every country: Only new lithium batteries installed in the device they run, at most four cells or two batteries per package and 100 Wh per lithium-ion battery; no spare batteries, and no used, damaged or defective devices with lithium batteries unless manufacturer-certified refurbished. The outside of the package must not carry lithium battery marks or labels (IMM 135.62-135.64).

Jewelry, watches, coins and precious metals

“Coins; manufactured and unmanufactured platinum, gold, and silver; precious stones; jewels; expensive jewelry; and other valuable articles.” (IMM Brazil listing, Prohibitions)

Every country: Valuables can't go by Priority Mail Express International; inexpensive costume jewelry with little precious metal ships like any other merchandise, and USPS says it “is accepted to countries that prohibit jewelry, but only at the sender’s risk” (IMM 134.2).

Toys, games and playing cards

“Playing cards.” (IMM Brazil listing, Prohibitions)

Also under knives, replica weapons and toy guns.

Antiques, art, stamps and collectibles

“Postage stamps are admitted only in First-Class Package International Service with Registered Mail service shipments.” IMM 332 says Registered Mail is not available for First-Class Package International Service items, so that route doesn't exist as written. Ask at a Post Office before mailing these. (IMM Brazil listing, Restrictions)

Knives, replica weapons and toy guns

“Poniards, stilettos, poniard blades; canes, umbrellas, or any other articles containing swords, daggers, or guns; handcuffs, and blackjacks.” (IMM Brazil listing, Prohibitions)
“Regulation arms and munitions of Brazil and parts. Air guns. Reducing tubes and silencers for firearms.” (IMM Brazil listing, Prohibitions)

Every country: USPS says some knives and sharp instruments may be mailed to certain countries, under the conditions in each country's listing (IMM 137). Inert or replica grenades and military ordnance are banned to every country (IMM 136.2).

Brand-name, copyrighted and origin-marked goods

Nothing on Brazil's lists.

Every country: Counterfeit or pirated goods are prohibited to every country (IMM 136.3).

Home goods, instruments and baby items

“Items whose fragility (due either to nature or inadequate packing) could cause harm to individuals or equipment.” (IMM Brazil listing, Prohibitions)

Food, supplements, medicines and health items

“Medicines must be accompanied by a prescription from the attendant Brazilian doctor.” (IMM Brazil listing, Restrictions)

Tobacco, vapes and lighters

“Commercial shipments that contain cigarettes, cigarillos, cigars, loose and packaged tobacco, pipes, and other smoking devices.” (IMM Brazil listing, Prohibitions)

Every country: Cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and e-cigarettes can't be mailed abroad at all, whatever a listing says (IMM 136.4).

There is nothing on Brazil's lists about clothing or shoes.

USPS says the burden is on the mailer to follow every country's rules, whatever a USPS employee says (IMM 131.4). The full lists: Brazil in the IMM.

USPS services to Brazil and their limits

From Brazil's IMM listing (weight, size, insurance, M-bags, DDP) and Notice 123 effective Oct 4, 2026 (price groups). Global Express Guaranteed has been suspended since Sep 29, 2024.
Service	Price group	Weight limit	Size limit	Good to know
First-Class Package International Service	13	4 lb	24 in. long; length + height + thickness 36 in.	Value up to $400. Free electronic delivery confirmation to this country (IMM 252.22). No insurance. Customs form: PS Form 2976.
Priority Mail International	13	66 lb; Flat Rate Envelope and Small Box 4 lb, Medium and Large Box 20 lb	42 in. long; length + girth 79 in.	6-10 business days to many major markets (USPS). Tracking included, except on Flat Rate Envelopes and Small Flat Rate Boxes (USPS). Insurance: $200 included for merchandise; more can be bought up to $2,915. Customs form: PS Form 2976-A.
Priority Mail Express International	13	66 lb	36 in. long; length + girth 79 in.	No date-certain money-back guarantee to this country (IMM 141.3). No coins, jewelry, watches or other valuables. Customs form: PS Form 2976-B.
First-Class Mail International	9	3.5 oz letters; 15.994 oz large envelopes	Letter and flat sizes	Documents and correspondence only: no merchandise of any kind (IMM 242.2).
Airmail M-bag	9	66 lb	One sack	Printed matter (books, magazines, catalogs) to one address; $133.43 up to 11 lb, then $12.13 a lb.

Online prices need PC Postage. Commercial Base prices are for labels from a USPS-approved PC Postage product, “with the exception of Click-N-Ship service”, so Click-N-Ship labels pay the retail price for Priority Mail International and First-Class Package International alike (IMM 233.231, 252.25, 253.231).
Valuables: coins, precious metals, jewelry and watches can't go by Priority Mail Express International, and Registered Mail isn't offered for First-Class Package International Service or Priority Mail International (IMM 134, 332). Brazil's own rule is under jewelry above.
Service alerts: USPS's international service alerts (updated Oct 2, 2026, checked Oct 19, 2026) don't list Brazil among the 13 destinations where mail acceptance is suspended. Check it before a big shipment.

USPS prices to Brazil

"Online" is USPS's Commercial Base price, for labels from a USPS-approved PC Postage provider. "Post Office" is the retail price, which Click-N-Ship also charges: USPS lists retail Flat Rate prices “at Post Office & Online” (USPS, IMM 233.231). Commercial Plus prices are the same as Commercial Base in this edition. First-Class Package International weights round up to the next ounce (IMM 253.12), so an 8.2 oz package pays the 9-16 oz price.

First-Class Package International Service, price group 13. Notice 123 effective Oct 4, 2026. Online saves $1.32 to $12.77.
Weight	Post Office	Online
1-8 oz	$27.75	$26.43
9-16 oz	$37.40	$35.51
17-32 oz (up to 2 lb)	$41.75	$39.77
33-48 oz (up to 3 lb)	$56.40	$53.58
49-64 oz (up to 4 lb)	$75.70	$62.93

Priority Mail International by weight, price group 13, weight not over. Notice 123 effective Oct 4, 2026.
Weight	Post Office	Online
1 lb	$72.15	$69.81
2 lb	$76.25	$73.80
3 lb	$81.65	$78.98
4 lb	$87.95	$85.08
5 lb	$95.15	$92.05
10 lb	$133.00	$128.69
20 lb	$208.75	$201.98
30 lb	$267.35	$258.67
44 lb	$334.35	$323.53
66 lb	$459.45	$444.58

Priority Mail International Flat Rate, Flat Rate price group 2. USPS's own Flat Rate packaging only; every envelope or box named in a row costs the same, and USPS suggests the padded envelope for clothing, books and boxed jewelry (USPS). Notice 123 effective Oct 4, 2026.
Packaging	Up to	Post Office	Online
Flat Rate Envelope: regular, padded, legal, window or small	4 lb	$48.80	$46.02
Small Flat Rate Box (also the DVD and Large Video boxes)	4 lb	$50.45	$47.55
Medium Flat Rate Box (top- or side-loading)	20 lb	$90.85	$82.41
Large Flat Rate Box (also the Board Game box)	20 lb	$102.55	$98.73

Three packages, priced

A paperback in a padded mailer, 14 oz: First-Class Package International Service $35.51; Priority Mail International by weight (1 lb) $69.81; Priority Mail International Padded Flat Rate Envelope $46.02. Cheapest: First-Class Package International Service, $35.51 online.
Jeans and a sweater, 2 lb 8 oz: First-Class Package International Service $53.58; Priority Mail International by weight (3 lb) $78.98; Priority Mail International Medium Flat Rate Box $82.41. Cheapest: First-Class Package International Service, $53.58, as long as the value is $400 or less.
Six hardcovers, 9 lb: too heavy for First-Class Package International. Priority Mail International by weight (9 lb) $121.56; Priority Mail International Medium Flat Rate Box (if they fit) $82.41; Airmail M-bag (printed matter only, priced from 11 lb) (Post Office counter) $133.43. Cheapest: Priority Mail International Medium Flat Rate Box, $82.41.

Online prices, except the M-bag. Selling platforms and label services can charge their own rates. Domestic rates: postage calculator.

Customs form, HS codes and value

Which form: PS Form 2976 for First-Class Package International Service (up to $400), PS Form 2976-A in a 2976-E envelope for Priority Mail International, PS Form 2976-B for Priority Mail Express International. All must be printed electronically, by your label software, Click-N-Ship, Customs Form Online or the Post Office counter; hand-filled forms with a barcode are obsolete (IMM 123.11, 123.61).
What goes on it: full names and addresses, the category (gift, merchandise and so on), a detailed description with quantity, net weight and value for each item, and “the 6-digit WCO HS code for each item in the package unless otherwise specified in the individual country listing” (IMM 123.711). USPS's example: “Men's cotton shirts”, not “Clothes” (USPS).
Books and media count as goods: books, periodicals, CDs and DVDs need a form and a value even though they're printed or recorded (IMM 123.623).
Export filing: enter “NOEEI 30.37(a)” when each class of goods is worth $2,500 or less (IMM 526.2).
Brazil's listing: “The importer tax identification (ID) number is required for all items containing goods.” That is the CPF for a person and the CNPJ for a company, given on the customs form or invoice.
Brazil's listing: “ECT immediately returns to the sender an item that does not have a properly completed customs declaration.” Brazil wants a branded product description, model, serial number and value for each article, plus the addressee's phone and email.
Brazil's listing: “Imports are allowed by mail, including mail order catalog shipments, up to a value of U.S. $500 (U.S. $1,000 for computer software) without the requirement of an import license provided the item is not for resale.”
Brazil's listing: “Identical shipments from the same source to the same person or address in Brazil within a 90-day period are considered part of the same shipment and may be subject to confiscation.”

Duties, taxes and fees: who pays

Normally the buyer, on delivery. USPS Delivered Duty Paid isn't available to Brazil, according to its listing, so you can't prepay through USPS; if the charges go unpaid, USPS can bill you (see below).

USPS's manual says: “The duties, taxes, import fees, and other charges, if applicable, are not included in the postage paid by the mailer,” and most countries charge the recipient a customs clearance and delivery fee on top (IMM 131.34, as revised Oct 19, 2026). USPS's Delivered Duty Paid page puts it plainly: if you don't prepay, “the recipient will have to pay the required amounts before they can get their package” (USPS). Apart from Delivered Duty Paid and the invoices below, USPS doesn't give out information on what other countries charge (IMM 131.34).

If the charges go unpaid: since Oct 19, 2026, when duties, taxes or import fees on your package haven't been paid in full and the customs authority, postal operator or broker in Brazil seeks them from you or USPS, “the Postal Service (or its representative) will send an invoice to the mailer for such amounts” (IMM 424.1). You have to pay the whole invoice by its due date “even if the mailer disputes the assessment,” whether the package was delivered, lost, damaged or returned, and anything not paid by the invoice's due date draws interest at 6% a year (IMM 424.2, 424.4). A challenge to the amount goes to the party that set it, not to USPS (IMM 424.5). USPS made these changes in an interim final rule effective Oct 19, 2026 (Federal Register, 91 FR 66000); its online manual, dated Sep 7, 2026, didn't show them yet when we checked on Oct 19, 2026. More: when USPS bills the sender for unpaid duties.

Brazil's listing: “Other merchandise that usually enters duty-free includes items such as newspapers, maps, books, and magazines.”
Brazil's listing: “Shipments valued at no more than U.S. $50 are duty-free and are delivered to the addressee; shipments above U.S. $50 can be picked up at the post office upon payment of import duties.”
Brazil's listing: “Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos (ECT) is introducing a ‘Fee for Postal Dispatch’ with a current value of 15 Brazilian reals (BRL) for items presented to customs.”
Brazil's listing: “If the addressee has not properly paid this fee, ECT will return the item to the sender.”

General information from USPS's manual, not tax or customs advice.

Questions

What's the cheapest way to ship a package to Brazil with USPS?

For a light package, First-Class Package International Service (up to 4 lb and $400 in value): $26.43 for up to 8 oz with a label from a USPS-approved PC Postage provider, or $27.75 at the Post Office or through Click-N-Ship, which charges the retail price (IMM 252.25). From 33 oz, a Priority Mail International Flat Rate Envelope costs less if the item fits: $46.02 online, against $53.58 by First-Class Package International, though USPS offers no tracking on Flat Rate Envelopes. Heavier or more valuable packages go by Priority Mail International, from $69.81 for 1 lb online (Notice 123).

Can I ship books to Brazil?

Yes, but check these entries in Brazil's listing. Prohibited: “Primary educational books not written in Portuguese.” Observation: “Other merchandise that usually enters duty-free includes items such as newspapers, maps, books, and magazines.” Books need a customs form with a value (IMM 123.623). For 11 lb or more of books to one address, an Airmail M-bag starts at $133.43 plus $12.13 a pound over 11 lb (Notice 123).

Can I ship used clothing to Brazil?

No, not to a buyer. Brazil's listing: Prohibited: “Used consumer goods”. Observation: “Used consumer goods may only be sent to charitable organizations that are recognized by the Brazilian government as being entities which serve the public interest.”

Can I ship electronics with lithium batteries to Brazil?

Only within USPS's limits: new batteries installed in the device, at most four cells or two batteries per package, 100 Wh per battery for lithium-ion, and no used, damaged or defective devices with lithium batteries unless manufacturer-certified refurbished (IMM 135.62-135.64). Brazil's listing adds nothing on batteries.

Who pays duties and taxes on a package to Brazil?

Normally the buyer. USPS can't prepay duties to Brazil: its listing says Delivered Duty Paid is not available. Duties, taxes and any clearance fee aren't included in postage, and most countries collect them from the recipient (IMM 131.34). USPS's own summary: “the recipient will have to pay the required amounts before they can get their package” (USPS). If the charges go unpaid and the destination seeks them from you or USPS, USPS will invoice you, and you have to pay it by its due date even if you dispute the amount (IMM 424, effective Oct 19, 2026).

Do I need an HS code to ship to Brazil?

Yes. Every customs form needs at least the 6-digit HS code for each item unless the country listing says otherwise (IMM 123.711). With USPS's own tools (Click-N-Ship, Customs Forms Online or Global Shipping Software) you can skip the lookup: give a specific description, such as “Men's cotton shirts” instead of “Clothes”, and USPS assigns the code (USPS customs forms). Whatever tool picks the code, “the mailer remains solely responsible” for it being right (IMM 537.4).

Can I mail a trading card or other small item I sold to Brazil in a letter?

No. First-Class Mail International takes only correspondence and documents: “No merchandise, whether dutiable or nondutiable, may be mailed using First-Class Mail International service” (IMM 242.2). The lowest-priced USPS service for goods is First-Class Package International Service, $26.43 online for up to 8 oz, with a customs form; the package has to be at least 6 inches long and 4 inches high (IMM 251.22).

Sources

Rates verified on Oct 19, 2026 from each official page below.

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