Agri-Food Trade Service
Fact Sheets
Paraguay - At a Glance
Basic Information
| Land area: |
406,750 km² * |
| Population: |
6.6 million (2011)* |
| Total GDP: |
US$ 23.8 billion (2011)* |
| GDP/capita: |
US$ 3,623 (2011)* |
| GDP growth rate: |
3.8% (2011)* |
| Capital city: |
Asuncion |
| President: |
Fernando Lugo Méndez |
| Minister of Agriculture: |
Enzo Cardozo Jimenez |
| Canadian Ambassador: |
Gwyneth A. Kutz |
Canada-Paraguay Agri-Food Trade** (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Agri-Food Exports: |
0.307 |
0.210 |
0.120 |
| Total Agri-Food Imports: |
5.981 |
3.925 |
4.348 |
| Agri-Food Trade Balance: |
-5.674 |
-3.715 |
-4.228 |
Canadian Top 5 Agri-Food Exports (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Agri-Food Exports: |
0.307 |
0.210 |
0.120 |
| Bull semen |
0.048 |
0.058 |
0.063 |
| Soups and broths |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.038 |
| Cookies |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.019 |
Canadian Top 5 Agri-Food Imports (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Agri-Food Imports: |
5.981 |
3.925 |
4.348 |
| Raw sugar, cane |
2.817 |
2.134 |
1.974 |
| Refined sugar |
2.406 |
0.745 |
0.602 |
| Oilseeds |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.302 |
| Sesame seeds |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.258 |
| Cane molasses |
0.080 |
0.149 |
0.221 |
Canadian Top 5 Seafood Exports (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Seafood Exports: |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
Paraguay Agri-Food and Seafood Imports - 2011*** (US$ million)
| |
World |
Canada |
Canada's Share |
| Agri-Food and Seafood |
878 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Tobacco |
108 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Food preparations |
59 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Corn seed, certified |
54 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Beer |
54 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Whiskies |
39 |
0 |
0.0% |
Canada-Paraguay Total Merchandise Trade*** (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Merchandise Exports: |
10.579 |
14.336 |
11.525 |
| Total Merchandise Imports: |
9.377 |
9.340 |
6.300 |
| Trade Balance: |
1.202 |
4.996 |
5.225 |
Canadian Top 10 Total Merchandise Exports (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Merchandise Exports: |
10.579 |
14.336 |
11.525 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery |
1.440 |
9.724 |
6.526 |
| Paper and paperboard |
1.509 |
1.255 |
1.917 |
| Special classification provisions |
1.008 |
0.928 |
0.916 |
| Ships, boats and floating structures |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.468 |
| Vehicles, other than railway |
0.246 |
0.139 |
0.230 |
| Articles of iron or steel |
0.116 |
0.108 |
0.196 |
| Electrical machinery and equipment |
0.158 |
0.324 |
0.158 |
| Optical and medical instruments |
0.152 |
0.206 |
0.122 |
| Essential oils |
0.197 |
0.257 |
0.117 |
| Toys, games and sports equipment |
0.000 |
0.010 |
0.111 |
Canadian Top 10 Total Merchandise Imports (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Merchandise Imports: |
9.377 |
9.340 |
6.300 |
| Sugars and sugar confectionery |
5.745 |
3.456 |
3.261 |
| Wood and articles of wood |
3.248 |
5.095 |
1.746 |
| Oilseeds |
0.022 |
0.084 |
0.643 |
| Coffee, tea, mate and spices |
0.180 |
0.147 |
0.208 |
| Fats and oils |
0.000 |
0.145 |
0.158 |
| Furniture |
0.016 |
0.125 |
0.080 |
| Articles of leather |
0.061 |
0.038 |
0.057 |
| Essential oils |
0.011 |
0.009 |
0.026 |
| Electrical machinery and equipment |
0.002 |
0.001 |
0.026 |
| Manmade staple fibers |
0.027 |
0.022 |
0.014 |
Paraguay Top 10 Total Merchandise Imports (US$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Merchandise Imports: |
6,496.959 |
9,399.843 |
11,502.187 |
| Electrical machinery and equipment |
1,077.771 |
1,935.180 |
1,947.358 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery |
1,008.882 |
1,378.331 |
1,686.112 |
| Mineral fuels and oils |
919.719 |
1,089.151 |
1,524.686 |
| Vehicles, other than railway |
527.965 |
830.154 |
1,140.666 |
| Toys, games and sports equipment |
353.394 |
542.978 |
523.737 |
| Fertilizers |
235.253 |
314.731 |
496.122 |
| Plastics |
185.604 |
240.133 |
309.217 |
| Miscellaneous chemical products |
193.009 |
238.454 |
290.852 |
| Rubber |
135.981 |
201.673 |
269.506 |
| Iron and steel |
110.150 |
175.995 |
235.107 |
GDP at market prices
Date modified: 2012-10-03
Source: Euromonitor*, Statistics Canada**, Global Trade Atlas***
