Paraguay Trade Surplus Widens in March

Paraguay’s trade balance swung to a $98.1 million surplus in May 2026 from a $201.3 million deficit in the same month a year earlier. Exports rose 22.6% year-on-year to $1.70 billion, driven mainly by a 58.4% increase in primary goods shipments. Exports of industrial manufactures advanced 33.4%, while exports of agricultural manufactures fell 7.5%. Shipments of fuels and energy declined 19.6%. Meanwhile, imports increased 0.8% to $1.60 billion. Purchases of consumer goods rose 6.4%, while imports of intermediate goods increased 20.4%. In contrast, imports of capital goods fell 13.7%.

Paraguay’s trade balance swung to a $2.68 billion surplus in April 2026 from a $76.6 million deficit in the same month a year earlier. Exports rose 14.6% year-over-year to $1.59 billion, driven mainly by a 35.8% increase in primary goods shipments. Exports of manufactured agricultural goods grew 2.7%, while industrial manufactures advanced 18.7%. In contrast, electricity exports declined 39.7%. Meanwhile, imports increased 12.2% to $1.60 billion. Purchases of consumer goods rose 3.8%, while imports of capital goods and intermediate goods fell 12.0% and 4.1%, respectively.

Paraguay's trade surplus widened to $166.8 million in March 2026 from $46.7 million a year earlier, marking the highest since May 2024. Exports rose 35.5% to $1.90 billion, with industrial manufactured goods up 69.3%, agricultural products up 64.3%, and primary goods up 55.5%. Electricity sales fell 49.8%. Imports rose 27.9% to $1.74 billion, with intermediate goods purchases up 22.8%, consumer goods up 15.8%, and capital goods up 3.8%.