1. The Agreement on Abolition of Visa Requirements between the Government of the Republic of Korea and 
the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil took effect on May 20, 2002. 

 
2. The Agreement on Abolition of Visa Requirement allows the peoples of Korea and Brazil to pay mutual 
visits without visa within 90 days, which is expected to strengthen bilateral friendship between Korea and 
Brazil through promotion of more people-to-people exchanges especially during the 2002 FIFA World Cup 
Games.

 
3. Brazil is the largest trade partner of the ROK in Latin America and Caribbean.  In 2001, the ROK’s export to 
and import from Brazil were recorded at US$1.6 billion and US$1.1 billion.  In 2001, 7,658 Korean nationals 
entered Brazil and 4,110 Brazilian nationals entered the ROK.

                                                              Spokesperson of MOFAT

* unofficial translation