No TIP required for Brazil anymore!
Just entered Brazil (June 16/2013) through Foz do Iguacu and as hard as I tried to import my bike temporarily I could not. As of 15 days ago foreigners no longer have to go through customs and temporarily import there bikes. After a long discussion with customs they said a motion was passed (National Identifier # 1361/13) that they are only concerned with vehicles coming from the Mercusor countries (Brazil, Uruguay, Chile Bolivia and Argentina). This means you can now leave your bike in Brazil if you need to head home for a while without concern of it being over extended.
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