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Trade between Panama and Spain

In 2024, Panama exported $36 million to Spain and imported $2.2 billion. Panama ran a deficit of $2.1 billion with Spain, compared with a deficit of $481 million in 2019. Spain was Panama’s 7th largest trading partner (5% of its trade), and Panama was Spain’s 54th (0.3%).

Summary

Panama → Spain
$36million
Spain → Panama
$2.2billion
Panama’s balance
-$2.1billion

Balance

Panama’s trade balance with Spain

Trade between Panama and Spain grew 15.2-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Panama’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 0
  • Imports 2.2
  • Balance -2.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$78 million$67 million$10 million
1996$49 million$66 million-$17 million
1997$152 million$170 million-$18 million
1998$62 million$182 million-$121 million
1999$32 million$263 million-$231 million
2000$35 million$233 million-$198 million
2001$36 million$80 million-$43 million
2002$46 million$81 million-$35 million
2003$45 million$106 million-$61 million
2004$43 million$114 million-$71 million
2005$306 million$298 million$8 million
2006$574 million$615 million-$41 million
2007$109 million$397 million-$287 million
2008$97 million$338 million-$242 million
2009$66 million$231 million-$165 million
2010$76 million$316 million-$241 million
2011$81 million$420 million-$339 million
2012$73 million$499 million-$425 million
2013$61 million$687 million-$626 million
2014$71 million$551 million-$481 million
2015$50 million$504 million-$454 million
2016$59 million$415 million-$356 million
2017$75 million$408 million-$333 million
2018$63 million$471 million-$408 million
2019$147 million$628 million-$481 million
2020$258 million$247 million$11 million
2021$399 million$344 million$55 million
2022$312 million$508 million-$196 million
2023$261 million$2.3 billion-$2.1 billion
2024$36 million$2.2 billion-$2.1 billion

What they sell each other

What Panama sells to Spain

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Frozen fish$8 million · 22.9%
    4 thousand tonnes
  2. 9 thousand tonnes
  3. Spirits$3 million · 7.9%
    458 tonnes
  4. Bananas$2 million · 4.9%
    3 thousand tonnes
  5. Copper scrap$2 million · 4.7%
    214 tonnes
  6. Precious metal ore$2 million · 4.5%
  7. Palm oil$1 million · 3.7%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Unwrought lead$853 thousand · 2.4%
    493 tonnes
  9. Precious metal scrap$786 thousand · 2.2%
  10. Ferrous scrap$707 thousand · 2%
    1 thousand tonnes

What Spain sells to Panama

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$1.8 billion · 83.2%
    30 tonnes
  2. 415 tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  3. Perfumes$18 million · 0.83%
    497 tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  4. Steel structures$14 million · 0.63%
    5 thousand tonnes
  5. Olive oil$13 million · 0.58%
    1 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  6. Cables and wire$11 million · 0.53%
    1 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  7. Ceramic tiles$9 million · 0.44%
    17 thousand tonnes
  8. Prefabricated buildings$7 million · 0.32%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Wine$7 million · 0.31%
    1 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  10. Cargo and cruise ships$7 million · 0.31%
    120 tonnes · Panama’s sources

How it travels

Panama and Spain traded $2.2 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly by air: 86% of the value travels by plane.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$317 million · 14.4%
  2. Air$1.9 billion · 85.6%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Spain was Panama’s 7th largest trading partner (5% of its trade), and Panama was Spain’s 54th (0.3%).

Spain in Panama’s trade
5.3%
Spain’s rank among Panama’s partners
7th
Panama in Spain’s trade
0.3%
Panama’s rank among Spain’s partners
54th

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Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.