Panama — Trade & Compliance
Panama's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.
Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.
Memberships & standing
Trade Flow
- 1USA13.2%
- 2Costa Rica10.2%
- 3Denmark6.0%
- 4Netherlands5.9%
- 5Thailand4.4%
- 1Ships & boats18.4%
- 2Fruits & nuts8.2%
- 3Fish & seafood7.8%
- 4Mineral fuels & oils7.1%
- 5Pearls, precious stones & metals5.5%
- 1Mineral fuels & oils39.1%
- 2Ships & boats17.1%
- 3Machinery & mechanical appliances5.3%
- 4Organic chemicals5.1%
- 5Electrical machinery4.0%
- 1USA+7.29pp
- 2Costa Rica+6.34pp
- 3Netherlands+4.08pp
- 1China−16.07pp
- 2Japan−10.09pp
- 3Rep. of Korea−4.86pp
- 1Fruits & nuts+4.55pp
- 2Fish & seafood+3.53pp
- 3Pharmaceuticals+3.25pp
- 1Ores, slag, ash−44.99pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
- ✓Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. New York, 19 June 2023
- ✓Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. New York, 4 August 1995
Fiscal & Tariffs
Sanctions & restrictive measures
1 entities on UN/EU restrictive-measures lists — full lists: UN Security Council Consolidated List · 2026-04 · EU Consolidated Sanctions List
Key commodities
Top item per category of 82 commodities tracked — full lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA