Brazil extends oil export tax through year end, advances US reciprocity process

SAO PAULO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Brazil's foreign trade chamber executive committee approved in a meeting on Thursday an extension of a 12% tax on exports of crude oil until December 31, with the aim of maintaining normal domestic supplies of oil products, the government said in a statement on Friday.

Reporting by Bernardo Caram; Writing by Isabel Teles; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama