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Paraguay

Paraguay is landlocked: its waterborne trade moves along the Paraguay-Paraná waterway to the ports of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, where it connects with ocean routes. Private river ports in Villeta, Asunción and Mariano Roque Alonso handle most container operations.

Customs authority

National Directorate of Tax Revenue (DNIT), General Customs Management

Main seaports
  • Villeta (private river terminals on the Paraguay River)
  • Asunción and Mariano Roque Alonso (private river terminals)
  • Access to the sea via the Paraguay-Paraná waterway, with transshipment in Buenos Aires and Montevideo
Cargo airports
  • Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (Asunción)
Free zones and special regimes

Paraguay offers free zones under Law 523/95, with a single 0.5% tax on sales to third countries, and the maquila regime of Law 1064/97 for processing temporarily imported inputs for re-export.

Good to know

  • DNIT, created by Law 7143/2023, merged the former National Customs Directorate and the Undersecretariat of State for Taxation.
  • Villeta, about 40 km south of Asunción, allows year-round navigation without depending on river levels or dredging.
  • Electronic invoices are issued through SIFEN, and DNIT is adding new groups of mandatory taxpayers in phases.

How we work in Paraguay

RealCore advises companies in Paraguay remotely and through on-site visits from its headquarters in Panama.

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Sources
  1. Dirección Nacional de Ingresos Tributarios (DNIT)
  2. Ferrere - Paraguay aprueba la fusión de la autoridad tributaria y aduanera (DNIT)
  3. BACN - Ley Nº 523 que autoriza y establece el régimen de zonas francas
  4. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores - Regime de zonas francas
  5. Vouga Abogados - Maquila y Zona Franca en Paraguay
  6. Terport - terminal de contenedores en Villeta
  7. Cómo es el buque fluvial más grande de Paraguay y de la hidrovía (El Cronista)
  8. Desembarco en Villeta (Centro Despachantes de Aduana de la República Argentina)
  9. Terport comenzó a operar como la terminal de contenedores más moderna del Paraguay (TradeNews)
  10. DINAC - Dirección Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil
  11. Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (Wikipedia)
  12. Calendario de obligatoriedad de la facturación electrónica DNIT (SmartDoc)
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