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LatinNews Daily - 14 April 2026
In brief: Paraguay’s trade surplus widens in first quarter year-on-year
*Paraguay’s central bank (BCP) has reported that the country registered a trade surplus of US$83.5m in the first quarter of the year, up US$36.7m on the surplus registered in the first quarter of 2025. Total exports reached US$4.6bn in the first three months of 2026, up 12.8% on the same period in 2025. Imports in the first quarter totalled US$4.5bn, up 11.7% year-on-year. In March 2026, total exports reached US$1.9bn, representing a year-on-year increase of 35.5%. Among the main products driving the year-on-year increase in registered exports were grains, soybean meal and soybean oil, and wires and cables (auto parts). Imports in March totalled US$1.7bn, up 27.9% year-on-year.
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