Paraguay exports rise 14.6% to $6.21 bln in January-April, central bank says

Paraguay’s total exports rose 14.6% year on year to $6.206 billion in the first four months of 2026, while the trade balance remained in surplus at just over $80 million, according to the central bank’s foreign trade report.

Registered exports accounted for 68.2% of the total, valued at $4.230 billion, up 18.1% from April 2025, the Banco Central del Paraguay (BCP) said.

Within registered exports, primary products totaled $1.776 billion, followed by industrial manufactures at $1.428 billion, the report said.

Soybean exports reached $1.510 billion, a 43.2% increase from the first four months of last year, while wheat also posted growth, the BCP said.

Re-exports, which represented 27% of total exports, rose 9.3% year on year to $1.677 billion, according to the report.

Mixed results for meat exports

Beef exports, excluding offal, fell 11.1% from a year earlier, totaling $577.2 million through April, with Chile, the United States and Israel as the main markets, the central bank said.

Pork exports rose 62.6% to $18.8 million, with Taiwan as the top destination, while poultry exports excluding offal increased 11.4% to $4.4 million.

The chart below outlines monthly seaborne pork export volumes from Paraguay over the last three years. This data is sourced from Datamar:

Pork Exports | Paraguay | Jan 2023 – Mar 2024 | TEUs

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Iraq was the main poultry market, followed by Vietnam, and 16 countries received Paraguayan poultry exports in April, the BCP said.

Industrial exports gain

Industrial manufactures totaled $733.4 million, up 32.1% year on year, supported mainly by higher shipments of copper waste and scrap, wires and other electrical conductors, as well as insecticides and herbicides, the central bank said.

Exports under Paraguay’s maquila regime totaled $469.8 million, up 29.7%, with Brazil, Argentina, the United States and the Netherlands as the main destinations, according to the report.

Fuel and energy posted a negative contribution, with exports totaling $292.2 million, the BCP said.

Imports rise; surplus holds

Total imports reached $6.122 billion through April, up 12.2% from the same period last year, leaving a trade surplus of $84.2 million, the central bank said.

Source: Agencia de Información Paraguaya – AIP

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