By PortalPortuario Editorial Staff
The federal government has doubled the value of infrastructure projects with tax incentives in the port sector, benefiting from the Special Incentive Regime for Infrastructure Development (REIDI) and from incentivized and infrastructure debentures. The total value of port sector projects incentivized by REIDI from 2023 to August 2025 was R$ 28 billion, above the total value of projects from the 2019 to 2023 period, which totaled R$ 14 billion. In the case of debentures, the value since 2023 reached R$23 billion, compared to R$ 17 billion.
“In less than two and a half years of the Lula government, we have already surpassed R$ 28 billion, more than double the previous period,” said the Minister of Ports and Airports, Silvio Costa Filho, while taking stock of the incentives at an event held this Wednesday (15) at the Ministry. “We want to accelerate projects here at the ministry more and more, because this aligns with the companies’ fiscal capacity and with the public policy of incentivizing new investments,” he added.
On that occasion, the minister handed over to sector businesspeople certificates of participation in these programs, which are strategic tools of the government to attract private capital and accelerate the modernization and expansion of ports throughout Brazil. “Our objective is for this credit policy to become a State policy, guaranteeing predictability for the productive sector,” reinforced Costa Filho.
REIDI, created by Law 11,488 of 2007, is a pillar in the government’s promotion strategy. The program grants tax incentives by suspending the collection of /Pasep and Cofins on the acquisition of goods and services for infrastructure works.
In turn, Incentivized Debentures, regulated by Law 12,431 of 2011, are debt securities issued by companies to finance long-term projects. The mechanism offers tax incentives to investors, making the projects more attractive.
Present at the event, Tomé Franca, the portfolio’s executive secretary, highlighted the importance of the projects developed by the portfolio. “We are reinforcing policies that stimulate new private investments, both in leases and in port terminals. These initiatives generate employment, income and strengthen those who believe in the country and in the Brazilian port sector.”
The National Secretary of Ports, Alex Ávila, spoke about the improvement of Brazilian infrastructure through tax incentives. “These advances are associated with consistent and solid public policies, which offer the market security and instruments to invest, such as the strengthening of the Merchant Marine Fund and tax incentive mechanisms like REIDI and debentures. Our focus is to allow the private sector to invest with confidence and solidity, expanding the infrastructure and service level of Brazilian ports.”
In 2024, the federal government improved the instrument with the enactment of Law 14,801, which created the new infrastructure debentures, expanding the potential for attracting investments. In the last year alone (August 2024 to October 2025), R$ 3.7 billion in port projects were made viable through the program.
The Federal Government’s incentive policy reinforces the role of the State as an inducer of development, creating a safe and attractive business environment for the private sector to invest in the modernization of the country’s logistical infrastructure.
