A 10% non-recoverable VAT is charged on all goods and services in Paraguay. It will be included in the price of restaurant menus and added to your hotel bill.
In the best restaurants is appropriate to tip 10%. In more modest ones you can leave a few thousands Guarani. You can round the taxi fare to give a small tip to the driver. The porters, waiters and maids always expect a small tip of a few thousands Guarani.
Airport departure tax is $ 18.
Official State name: República del Paraguay.
Capital: Asunción
Population: 6.600.000 habitantes.
Language: Spanish and Guarani.
Head of State and President of the Government: Horacio Cartes.
area: Paraguay is spread over an area of approximately 406,000 km ² and neighboring with Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil.
Currency: Guarani (code: PYG, symbol: G.)
Time difference between Paraguay and UTC / GMT (London): -4 hours.
Prefix for calls from outside Paraguay: +595.: +595.
Voltage: 220 Volts, 50 cycles.
Paraguayan industry is mainly based on agriculture and livestock. The main agricultural products are cotton, sugarcane, corn, soybeans, wheat, snuff, oranges and yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis). Yerba mate is consumed throughout the country as a cold water infusion (tereré) or hot (mate).
Livestock is very important especially in the Chaco, and in the southern part of the eastern region, with the industrialization of all 0derivatives. The forest industry provides products in the form of lumber, furniture, tannin and petit grain essence, used as a base in the perfume industry. Although there are deposits of oil, natural gas, iron, manganese, bauxite and other minerals, they are not exploited commercially.
Because of its strategic location in South America and their growing participation in the industrialization of the region, Paraguay has a profile defined that places it in a unique position for its energy resources and low tax rates.
