The federal government will appeal the decision that suspends the tax on oil exports.

This Thursday (9), the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, he stated to Reuters that federal government will appeal the court decision. which suspended the newly created 12% tax on oil exports for international oil companiesThe measure had been put in place to contain the rise in oil prices due to war in Middle East, between the United States and IranA decision of Federal court of Rio de Janeiro The tax was assessed as institutional. A final verdict is still pending. TotalEnergies, Repsol Sinopec, Galp's Petrogal, Shell and the Equinor They were exempted from the new tariff by the court. In the case of PetrobrasThe 12% rate was not applied to the state-owned company.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.