JESSICA COSTA

Hi, I’m Jessica, an International Trade Consultant based in São Paulo, Brazil.

After 18 years working in international trade, I now support entrepreneurs and organizations as an independent consultant and fractional manager, helping them build cross-border businesses and develop leaner, more efficient international operations.

Among my recent projects:

• Launching two made-in-Brazil CPG brands in the U.S.: a coffee alternative in Miami and a cosmetics brand in New York. In both projects, I worked across the entire supply chain — from supplier sourcing and field research in the Amazon region to supplier qualification, laboratory testing, export operations, U.S. customs entry, and final delivery to 3PL facilities.

• Sourcing Brazilian raw materials and food ingredients — including açaí, cassava, sugarcane molasses, and meat — for companies in the UAE, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States.

• Consulting for the Brazilian subsidiary of a Danish agribusiness group, reviewing import operations for machinery and spare parts and identifying opportunities related to customs, taxation, logistics, compliance, and process efficiency.

• Supporting Indian companies entering the Brazilian market through market research, trade fair visits in São Paulo, prospecting, retail mapping, and on-site meetings with potential importers.

I hold professional certifications from Aduaneiras/CENOFISCO in Incoterms, International Logistics, Tariff Classification, Foreign Trade Taxation, and Special Customs Regimes.

If your business, technology, or idea touches any part of this ecosystem, let’s talk.

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