Paraguay recorded a trade deficit of $118.16 million in September 2026, slightly wider than the $117.73 million shortfall reported in the same month a year earlier. Total imports rose 23.5% year-on-year to $1.95 billion, driven by a 20.9% increase in consumer goods, a 41.4% surge in intermediate goods, and an 11.7% rise in capital goods. On the export side, total foreign sales expanded 25.4% to $1.83 billion. Shipments of primary products grew 20.9%, exports of manufactured goods of agricultural and livestock origin increased 23.4%, and exports of industrial manufactured goods advanced 41.6%.