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Paraguay launched the Paraguay Industrial program, with a US$100 million fund and loans of up to US$2.5 million per company, while proposing to Congress the merger of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) with the National Secretariat of Tourism (Senatur).
An audit by the Comptroller General’s Office estimates a G. 65.5 billion loss in the IPS’s real estate assets between 2023 and 2025, attributed to low returns and occupancy and collection problems, while new surveys point to possible irregularities in land in the Chaco.
Cooperativa Poravoty members Milder Javier Núñez Delgado and José Rolando Doldán González will stand trial in a case brought by Pedro Loblein after depositors protested over frozen savings, while investigations into the cooperative’s crisis and liquidation continue.
Paraguay’s Senate postponed until next week a vote on a bill changing the Agrarian Statute and Indert rules, as Indigenous and peasant organizations protest possible sales of public land to people who are not eligible beneficiaries, land concentration and reduced funding for agrarian reform.
Infona and Control Union Paraguay signed, during Expo Madera Paraguay 2026, a one-year agreement to train the forestry sector in responsible management, traceability and international certifications, facilitating access to foreign markets without guaranteeing exports or commercial contracts.
Alto Paraná is home to 160 of Paraguay’s 324 maquila companies and receives about 90% of business inquiries from Brazil, while the 17th Expo Paraguay Brasil seeks to attract more than US$600 million in investment through productive integration between the two countries.
ravelers entering Paraguay currently have a USD 1,000 allowance when arriving by air or river and USD 300 when entering by land. Purchases made at an arrival duty-free shop receive an additional allowance of up to USD 500. Value is only part of the customs assessment: the quantity, nature and assortment of goods can indicate a commercial import even below the allowance. Under DNIT’s current instruction, monetary instruments totaling USD 10,000 or more must be declared through eDAV.
Paraguay will host the Ibero-American Country Brand Forum for the first time in November, with 17 delegations and a program expected to include talks on global brands, training sessions, business meetings and business networking activities, while the government announced 43 new licenses and nine renewals, bringing the current total to more than 150 licensed companies, including new and previously licensed businesses.
Debate over Paraguay’s 2027 social budget questioned the results of programs such as Tekoporã and Tenonderã and the operation of Hambre Cero, whose contracts totaled G. 3.8 trillion for Comepar and Ladero Paraguayo, while lawmakers demanded oversight of school time and the use of funds.
Paraguayan shoe manufacturers protested in Ypacaraí against the entry of Chinese products and asked DNIT to investigate goods brought from Iquique, Chile.
An audit by the Comptroller General's Office found that IPS has no internal protocols to recover principal and interest invested in banks in arrears, insolvency or bankruptcy, even though savings deposit certificates account for 46.62% of its portfolio, and recommended specific prevention, monitoring and investment-recovery measures.
Paraguay’s Central Administration executed ₲46 trillion between January and August 2026, with spending concentrated on salaries, transfers, social programs and health, which received ₲2.1 trillion to settle pharmaceutical obligations and maintain the supply of medicines and medical supplies.
An actuarial projection by IPS indicates that the ratio of contributors to retirees will fall from 9.6 to about three by 2050, while reserves would begin to be used in 2036 and could be exhausted around 2046 without corrective measures.
Paraguay requires companies and other covered legal structures to report their beneficial owners. These are the natural persons who ultimately stand behind an entity — for example because they hold at least 10% of its capital, control substantial voting rights or exercise control in another way. Where foreign companies are shareholders, identifying the beneficial owner may require tracing several layers of ownership. This guide explains who qualifies, why the information must be reported and what role SIARA plays.
Paraguay’s currency exchange houses recorded a year-on-year decline in distributable profits in July despite an increase in transactions, due to narrower margins, competition, exchange-rate volatility and the digitalization of services.
In Paraguay, about 60.1% of people working outside agriculture were informally employed in 2025. At the same time, the average annual wage of around US$6,300 used in an international comparison is well below a reference level derived from research into income and well-being. The figures measure different things, but together they show why both income and access to formal employment matter when assessing Paraguay's labour market.
Sedeco has requested a full veto of a law requiring creditors to return paid promissory notes and providing for a fine equal to 20% of the document’s value, arguing that the measure improperly expands its authority to cover disputes between private parties; while the Executive makes its decision, the current rules remain in force.
How high are incomes in Paraguay? An analysis of the 2025 EPHC finds a median of about Gs. 2.69 million for people reporting positive monthly income from their main occupation. The average is considerably higher at Gs. 3.27 million. That difference helps explain the country's income distribution more clearly.
Paraguayan exports under the maquila regime totaled $1.01 billion from January to August 2026, up 26% in one year, with a positive trade balance of $481 million, driven by auto parts, garments, beverages and aluminum manufactures, mainly for Mercosur.
Santiago Peña announced, in partnership with Taiwan, a Sovereign Artificial Intelligence Computing Center with an initial investment of more than US$300 million and a capacity of 10 megawatts, during a forum discussing technology applications and academic training in Paraguay.
Paraguay recorded 154,041 procedures on Portal Paraguay in August, which continues to have more than 500,000 active monthly users, while SIFEN surpassed 50,000 taxpayers authorized to issue electronic tax documents, concentrated mainly among small businesses and in the country’s main economic centers.
Türkiye has authorized eight Paraguayan slaughterhouses to export boneless beef after assessing the country’s veterinary inspection system, while the state-owned Et ve Süt Kurumu expressed interest in initially importing up to 300 tons.
Expo Madera 2026 brings together 17 countries in Luque through Saturday, September 12, to promote Paraguay’s forest industrialization. Sector exports reached US$101 million in 2025 and totaled US$59.9 million in the first seven months of 2026.
A practical guide to Paraguay’s SPI instant-transfer rail inside SIPAP: how to check the current per-operation limit, verify a recipient, use aliases and payment requests, and respond when money is sent to the wrong account.