Brazil [financial-asset gold (BCB-authorised institution)] → Canada (refine) → United Kingdom · Loco London OTC sale and settlement

Send the gold from the PCO to head office or the refinery with an NF-e Ouro remittance note, by secure carrier

执行方

BCB-authorised financial institution buying gold (DTVM) and its purchase post (PCO)

所需

NF-e Ouro - first acquisition of gold from a PLG

出具

NF-e Ouro - remittance note (PCO to head office/refinery)

• IN RFB 2.138/2023; Lei 7.766/1989, IN art. 3 V b-c; Lei 7.766 art. 3 §1

Refine buttons or doré into 999.9 bars and issue a bar list; the refiner covers the return of the gold with an NF-e Ouro (IN RFB 2.138 art. 3 §2).

执行方

Domestic gold refinery

所需

NF-e Ouro - remittance note (PCO to head office/refinery)

出具

Domestic refiner's bar list / certificate

形态

Smelted button/bar → 999.9 kilobar

Refining to 999.9 is practice; only the return invoice (IN art. 3 §2) is law.

Sell gold to another institution or client and issue an NF-e Ouro (negotiation); no further IOF-ouro (it falls only on first acquisition)

执行方

BCB-authorised financial institution buying gold (DTVM) and its purchase post (PCO)

出具

NF-e Ouro - negotiation between institutions

• IN RFB 2.138/2023; Lei 7.766/1989, IN art. 3; Lei 7.766 art. 8

Contract the export sale and close the FX contract with an FX-authorised institution; the gold as exchange instrument is traded only with authorised institutions, supervised foreign institutions or the BCB; the FX contract is a required attachment of the e-DMOV. Proceeds may be received before or after shipment and may be kept abroad.

执行方

Authorised institution exporting gold as a financial asset / exchange instrument

出具

Contrato de câmbio (FX contract); Commercial invoice

• Lei 14.286/2021; Resolução BCB 277/2022; IN RFB 1.082/2010, Lei 14.286 art. 3; Res. 277 arts 46, 66 §2; IN 1.082 art. 4 II c

Issue the NF-e Ouro Ativo Financeiro for the export (DAO operation 5), recording the e-DMOV number and the domestic transporters.

执行方

Authorised institution exporting gold as a financial asset / exchange instrument

所需

NF-e Ouro - first acquisition of gold from a PLG

出具

NF-e Ouro - export of gold (financial asset / exchange instrument); Packing list

• IN RFB 2.138/2023, art. 3 III

Book the shipment with the airline, which issues the air waybill for the valuable cargo (the e-DMOV must attach the international transport document, IN RFB 1.082 art. 4 II a); after boarding, the carrier records the boarding data in the e-DMOV within 2 days (art. 23).

执行方

Valuables carrier (PF-authorised domestic transporter) and international air carrier

所需

Packing list

出具

Air waybill; Consignment Security Declaration

Acceptance as valuable cargo and the consignment security declaration are industry practice.

• IN RFB 1.082/2010, arts 4 II a, 23

File the e-DMOV de saída with a digital certificate, attaching the international transport document, packing list, FX contract and the sales invoice, with the sealed volumes at the declared verification place; on registration (active CNPJ, PF-authorised domestic transporter, authorised international carrier) the Receita Federal selects a channel and schedules physical verification; clearance follows an RVES or RVFV without blocking discrepancies; gold with irregular fiscal documents is seized.

执行方

Authorised institution exporting gold as a financial asset / exchange instrument

所需

Contrato de câmbio (FX contract); NF-e Ouro - export of gold (financial asset / exchange instrument); Air waybill; Packing list

出具

e-DMOV de saída (gold as financial asset); RVES / RVFV - customs security-element and physical verification reports in the e-DMOV

[conflict] br.div-edmov-invoice-conflict: IN 1.082 art. 4 II e and the RFB e-DMOV page still name the "Modelo VI" invoice of IN SRF 49/2001, which IN RFB 2.138 revoked (effective 1 Aug 2023); the model takes the NF-e Ouro (export) as the invoice attached.

• IN RFB 1.082/2010; Lei 7.766/1989, IN arts 1, 3 §2, 4 II, 9, 10, 11 §2, 19, 21 III; Lei 7.766 art. 3 §2

Send the pre-shipment notice (weights, fineness, AWB) to the foreign refiner or buyer

执行方

Authorised institution exporting gold as a financial asset / exchange instrument

所需

Air waybill

出具

Pre-shipment notification to refiner/buyer

Hold a Business Number with RM import-export program account, registered in the CARM Client Portal (and optional RPP financial security)

执行方

Importer of record (doré, scrap or bars for refining)

Present the shipment for release: classify doré as 7108.12.00.22 (bars 7108.12.00.11/.21, scrap 7112.91) - all Free under MFN and every preferential tariff; no import permit; gold goods from Russia or a person in Russia (Schedule 9) and precious-metal scrap from Russia (Schedule 13) are prohibited; goods produced wholly or in part by forced labour are prohibited

执行方

Licensed customs broker

所需

Export customs declaration accepted by the dispatching country's customs; Commercial invoice; Air waybill

出具

Commercial invoice from the foreign shipper

Forced-labour prohibition: Customs Tariff item 9897.00.00 (ca.src-tariff-ch98). MFN is not available for goods of Belarus, North Korea or Russia (guide-3).

• Customs Tariff; SEMA (Russia) Regulations, Tariff item 7108.12.00; SEMA (Russia) ss.3.11, 3.16

Account for the goods on a Commercial Accounting Declaration (Type C at release, or Type AB within five business days of release under RPP) and pay duties and taxes on the statement of account; imported precious-metal bars are non-taxable for GST, and doré, unwrought gold, scrap and concentrates imported to be refined are non-taxable

执行方

Importer of record (doré, scrap or bars for refining)

所需

Commercial invoice from the foreign shipper

出具

Commercial Accounting Declaration

• Customs Act; Accounting for Imported Goods and Payment of Duties Regulations; Excise Tax Act; Non-Taxable Imported Goods (GST/HST) Regulations, Customs Act s.32; SOR/86-1062 s.10; ETA Sched VII s.8; SOR/91-31 s.3(a), (b)

Keep import records for 6 years; self-correct within 90 days; CBSA may verify origin, value and classification for 4 years

执行方

Importer of record (doré, scrap or bars for refining)

所需

Commercial Accounting Declaration

90-day correction duty read in Customs Act s.32.2(2); six-year retention and four-year verification from CBSA guide-7 and D17-1-21 (the regulation fixing the period was not read).

Onboard the supplier: KYC, OECD five-step risk assessment, sanctions/PEP/adverse-media screening, confirm gold is not imported, purchased or acquired from Russia or a person in Russia

执行方

Private LBMA Good Delivery refiner in Canada

所需

Refining (toll) agreement, mine - Canadian refiner; Origin country's export authorisation for the gold (permit, licence or clearance issued by the mining or trade authority)

出具

Supplier KYC pack and acknowledgement of the refiner's procurement policy; Onboarding and daily screening record; non-Russian origin confirmation

[inferred] SEMA element is law; KYC and OECD process are LBMA/refiner practice, not a Canadian statute for refiners.

• SEMA (Russia) Regulations s.3.11; LBMA RGG; OECD DDG, s.3.11

Receive, weigh, melt and sample the lot; assay in the refinery lab and issue the outturn

执行方

Private LBMA Good Delivery refiner in Canada

所需

Supplier KYC pack and acknowledgement of the refiner's procurement policy; Onboarding and daily screening record; non-Russian origin confirmation

出具

Refiner outturn assay and settlement statement

Refine to 999.9 (or 999.99) and cast LBMA Good Delivery 400 oz bars, 100 oz or 1 kg bars bearing the refiner's mark

执行方

Private LBMA Good Delivery refiner in Canada

出具

Bar list of refined bars (GD 400 oz, 100 oz, kilobars)

形态

Doré bar - stamped/exporter-sealed → LBMA Good Delivery 400oz bar

Settle outturn with the supplier: credit fine metal to its metal account or buy the metal, with final invoice

执行方

Private LBMA Good Delivery refiner in Canada

所需

Refiner outturn assay and settlement statement

出具

Refiner's final invoice / metal-account credit against outturn

First supply of the refined bars by the refiner (or the owner on whose behalf they were refined) is zero-rated for GST/HST; refining fees charged to the metal owner are generally taxable

执行方

Private LBMA Good Delivery refiner in Canada

出具

Invoice for sale of refined bars (zero-rated first supply by the refiner / exempt resale)

Refining-fee taxability is CRA guidance (17-1 para 35), not a specific statutory provision.

• Excise Tax Act, s.123(1) 'precious metal'; Sched VI Part IX s.3

For any purchase or sale of $10,000 or more as a dealer in precious metals: verify identity, keep records, report cash of $10,000+ (LCTR), virtual currency (LVCTR) and suspicious transactions

执行方

Private LBMA Good Delivery refiner in Canada

出具

Record of $10,000+ purchase or sale and client identification; Large cash transaction report; Suspicious transaction report; Large virtual currency transaction report

s.65(2) excludes purchases/sales in connection with extracting precious metals from a mine or manufacturing a product; its application to refiners buying doré is not settled in the texts read.

• PCMLTF Regulations, ss.65, 66, 126, 148

Optionally hold refined bars in allocated (segregated, identified bars) or unallocated storage at the Royal Canadian Mint vaults in Ottawa or Winnipeg (institutional clients only), with semi-annual counts

执行方

Royal Canadian Mint (federal Crown corporation: refinery and vault)

所需

Bar list of refined bars (GD 400 oz, 100 oz, kilobars)

出具

Allocated weight list / unallocated account statement

Re-export imported or toll-refined bars: file CERS export declaration (non-US destinations, CAD 2,000+) and hand the proof of report number to the carrier

执行方

Exporter of record (mine, refiner or bullion trader)

所需

Commercial Accounting Declaration

出具

CERS export declaration and proof of report number

Carry the re-exported bars under air waybill

执行方

Secure precious-metals carrier / airline

所需

CERS export declaration and proof of report number

出具

Air waybill

Apply customer due diligence to the foreign seller before buying (identity, beneficial owner, purpose, risk assessment, sanctions/PEP screening)

执行方

Bullion dealer / trader (importer of record, usually an LBMA member)

出具

Supplier KYC pack received by the UK buyer; MLR customer due diligence file

[unconfirmed] Whether a non-bank wholesale bullion trader paid by wire is within the MLR at all (e.g. as a financial institution under reg 10) - consolidated MLR not held. [not-read] Reg 27 quoted via WebFetch; MLR not held.

• Money Laundering Regulations 2017, reg 27

Establish that the gold is not Russian-origin gold exported from Russia on or after 21 Jul 2022, not relevant processed gold incorporating such gold, and not Russian gold jewellery exported on or after 29 Oct 2022; check where the goods were originally consigned or exported from; if Russian origin is possible, apply to DBT's Import Sanctions Team for a licence or contact it; declare document code 9022 (not subject to / exempt from sanctions) or 9011 (licence) on CDS and keep the evidence to produce on demand

执行方

Bullion dealer / trader (importer of record, usually an LBMA member)

所需

Export customs declaration accepted by the dispatching country's customs

出具

Importer's Russia-sanctions origin evidence file

[inferred] The guidance and tariff do not list specific evidence documents; the required kinds are this module's inference.

• Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 as amended by SI 2022/850 and SI 2022/1110, regs 46Z11, 46Z16B, 46Z16C

Fly the bars into the UK as valuable cargo (typically Heathrow) under an air waybill

执行方

Secure valuables carrier

出具

Air waybill, inbound valuables consignment

UK valuables-cargo handling not researched in this pass.

Submit a full import declaration on CDS (procedure code, commodity code 7108 12 00 00 for unwrought gold, DUCR, consignor/consignee, value, licences; EORI); declare sanctions document code 9022 or 9011; claim the investment-gold VAT exemption with additional code VATE where the bars are 995+ of a weight accepted by the bullion markets

执行方

Customs agent / declarant using CDS software

所需

EORI number of importer/exporter; Importer's Russia-sanctions origin evidence file; Air waybill, inbound valuables consignment; Air waybill; Commercial invoice; Bar list (serials, weights, fineness)

出具

CDS full import declaration

[conflict] gb.div-cpc-chief - VAT Notice 701/21 s.8.1 still gives CHIEF CPC 40 00 073; the tariff (28 Sep 2026) shows the exemption as additional code VATE. [not-read] The CDS procedure code and DE 1/10-1/11 entries for investment gold not read (UK Trade Tariff Vol. 3 listed in gb-fetch.tsv).

Account for import VAT: exempt for investment gold (additional code VATE); 20% standard rate (code 03020) on non-investment gold (dore, grain, scrap, sub-995 bars, non-qualifying coins); customs duty 0.00% (third-country rate on 7108 12, S.I. 2020/1430)

执行方

Bullion dealer / trader (importer of record, usually an LBMA member)

所需

CDS full import declaration

• VAT Act 1994 Sch 9 Group 15; VAT Notice 701/21, Notice s8.1, s10.7

Clear the goods (CDS message when cleared), or ask for supporting documents for a customs check; for 7108 the Russia/Belarus measures read "Import allowed after control"; HMRC enforces trade sanctions at the border

执行方

HMRC (customs and VAT authority)

所需

CDS full import declaration

出具

CDS clearance notification (goods released)

Give the custodian written notice of the deposit (amount, Availability Date, and the carrier and packing for physical delivery, or the source account for book-entry); advise the vault manager of the vehicle registration and driver's identity

执行方

Bullion dealer / trader (importer of record, usually an LBMA member)

所需

CDS clearance notification (goods released)

出具

Deposit notice to London custodian

• LPMCL Allocated Account Agreement; LBMA Good Delivery Rules, Allocated cl. 3.3 (Unallocated cl. 3.2); GD Rules Annex B s.2

Weigh the bars under the London weighing procedures (the receiving party may charge for weighing if not weighed by an Approved Weigher) and produce the machine-readable, dated weight list stating whether an Approved Weigher weighed the metal; a copy travels with the bars

执行方

LBMA Approved Weigher

出具

Machine-readable LBMA weight list accompanying the delivery (dated, approved-weigher status)

• LBMA Good Delivery Rules, Annex B

Receive bars on pallets; before crediting, verify compliance with the Rules and weigh them per LBMA practice against the notified amount; the vault manager may refuse bars not meeting Good Delivery standards and may ask LBMA to appoint independent inspectors

执行方

London commercial vault / custodian (typically a clearing or custodian bank)

所需

Deposit notice to London custodian; Machine-readable LBMA weight list accompanying the delivery (dated, approved-weigher status)

• LPMCL Allocated/Unallocated Account Agreements; LBMA Good Delivery Rules, Allocated cl. 3.1(b), 3.4, 3.5; Unallocated cl. 3.1(b), 3.3, 3.4; GD Rules 2.4 and Annex B

For bars of the six suspended Russian refiners: accept only bars produced while the refiner was listed and already in the loco London/Swiss markets before 7 Mar 2022; clearing banks attest conformity

执行方

London commercial vault / custodian (typically a clearing or custodian bank)

所需

Machine-readable LBMA weight list accompanying the delivery (dated, approved-weigher status)

Separately, UK law bans import of Russian gold exported from Russia on or after 21 Jul 2022. [unconfirmed] GD Rules 2026 s.1.4 says bars of a refiner moved to the Former List for sanctions reasons may lose Good Delivery status; LBMA's specific Russian-bars page keeps pre-7 Mar 2022 loco London/Swiss stocks as Good Delivery - the model follows the specific page.

• LBMA Good Delivery List suspension notice (7 Mar 2022)

Credit the client: an allocated account (specific bars, title stays with client, weight list issued) or an unallocated account (a metal debt claim on the custodian); statements at least annually

执行方

London commercial vault / custodian (typically a clearing or custodian bank)

所需

Machine-readable LBMA weight list accompanying the delivery (dated, approved-weigher status)

出具

Allocated weight list (bar number, gross weight, fineness, fine weight, brand) or unallocated balance statement

• LPMCL Account Agreements, Allocated cl. 2.3, 7.3 and Schedule (bar numbers, purity, gross and fine weight, brand); Unallocated cl. 1.1, 2.3, 3.3

Central-bank channel: hold Good Delivery bars in an allocated account at the Bank of England (off the Bank's balance sheet)

执行方

Bank of England (gold custodian)

形态

LBMA Good Delivery 400oz bar → Monetary gold (central bank reserve)

Monetary state applies when held as reserves by a monetary authority.

Report month-end holdings to LBMA (London vault data) and, from Dec 2026, aggregated vault data into the Gold Bar Integrity database (bar-level reporting planned from 2027)

执行方

London commercial vault / custodian (typically a clearing or custodian bank)

出具

Custodian holdings return to LBMA (London vault data / GBI)

Onboard the counterparty: MLR customer due diligence and sanctions representations in the account agreement

执行方

LPMCL clearing member bank

出具

MLR customer due diligence file

[not-read] MLR reg 27 quoted via WebFetch; MLR not held.

• MLR 2017; LPMCL account agreements, MLR reg 27; LPMCL Allocated cl. 10 / Unallocated cl. 8

Agree the OTC trade (spot/forward) under the 1994 International Bullion Master Agreement (IBMA) or an ISDA Master Agreement with the 1997 ISDA Bullion Definitions; LBMA Members must comply with the Global Precious Metals Code

执行方

Bullion dealer / trader (importer of record, usually an LBMA member)

所需

MLR customer due diligence file

出具

OTC bullion trade confirmation (IBMA 1994 / ISDA Bullion Definitions 1997)

Apply the VAT treatment: investment gold between LBMA members is zero-rated (TMO); gold held in the UK between central banks, or between a central bank and an LBM member, is zero-rated (VATA Sch 8 Group 10); investment gold between an LBMA member and a taxable non-member is standard-rated under the special accounting scheme (the buyer accounts for the VAT); to private individuals it is exempt; other investment gold is exempt unless the supplier has opted to tax; standard-rated gold (fine gold, grain, scrap, opted investment gold) between VAT-registered traders goes under the compulsory special accounting scheme

执行方

Bullion dealer / trader (importer of record, usually an LBMA member)

所需

OTC bullion trade confirmation (IBMA 1994 / ISDA Bullion Definitions 1997)

[conflict] gb.div-tmo-member-category. [not-read] TMO arts 3-7 and VATA s.55 not held; the member/non-member rule is from VGOLD1600 ("Supplies of investment gold between members and non-members who are taxable persons are now standard-rated") and Notice 701/21 ss. 11.2, 11.5.

• VAT (Terminal Markets) Order 1973; VATA 1994 s.55, Sch 8 Group 10, Sch 9 Group 15

Settle loco London: book transfer between unallocated accounts through LPMCL members (client instructions by 16:00, inter-member by 16:30 London), or transfer of specific allocated bars

执行方

LPMCL clearing member bank

所需

OTC bullion trade confirmation (IBMA 1994 / ISDA Bullion Definitions 1997); Allocated weight list (bar number, gross weight, fineness, fine weight, brand) or unallocated balance statement

出具

Loco London settlement: transfer between unallocated accounts via LPMCL members, or allocated bar transfer

Cut-offs (client instructions until 4.00pm, LPMCL members until 4.30pm London time) confirmed in the held 2017 OTC Guide; the current web section not held.

Pay the cash leg against metal settlement

执行方

LPMCL clearing member bank

所需

Loco London settlement: transfer between unallocated accounts via LPMCL members, or allocated bar transfer

出具

Cash-leg payment for the metal

Cash-leg timing and DvP arrangements not documented in the sources read.

For exempt investment gold: issue an invoice with a unique number and the prescribed details for each sale over GBP 5,000 (or smaller sales once a customer passes GBP 10,000 in 12 months); keep the accounting and customer records (identity from one List 1 and one List 2 document) for at least 6 years; notify HMRC in writing within 28 days of the first exempt supply over GBP 5,000 or when supplies to one customer exceed GBP 10,000 in 12 months; failures attract a penalty normally of 17.5% of the transactions' value

执行方

Bullion dealer / trader (importer of record, usually an LBMA member)

所需

Loco London settlement: transfer between unallocated accounts via LPMCL members, or allocated bar transfer

出具

Investment gold invoice (VAT tertiary legislation s.3 / VAT Regs reg 31A); Investment gold customer records and identity evidence; Notification to HMRC of exempt investment gold dealing (within 28 days)

Tertiary legislation (force of law, held). [unconfirmed] The general 6-year retention and the 17.5% penalty are in Notice 701/21 ss. 7.7 and 9.4, outside the passages marked as having force of law.

• VAT Regulations 1995; VAT tertiary legislation (gold), reg 31A

Keep MLR records 5 years; nominated officer files a suspicious activity report where there is suspicion

执行方

LPMCL clearing member bank

所需

MLR customer due diligence file

出具

Suspicious activity report to the National Crime Agency

MLR record-keeping regulation not held; 5 years from the end of the relationship or completion of the transaction per HMRC guidance.

Receive the foreign buyer's payment; the exporter may keep the foreign currency abroad or convert it through an FX contract

执行方

Authorised institution exporting gold as a financial asset / exchange instrument

出具

Foreign buyer's payment of export proceeds

• Lei 11.371/2006 art. 1 as reworded by Lei 14.286/2021 art. 26; Resolução BCB 277/2022, Lei 14.286 art. 26; Res. 277 art. 46