Customs declaration requirements for Panama
Customs Declare produces the completed Declaracion Unificada de Aduanas, captured electronically through the Sistema Integrado de Comercio Exterior (SICE) for Panama’s own customs authority, in Spanish, from your invoice and supporting documents. You or your broker review and submit it -- nothing leaves your workspace automatically.
Declaration form
Moderate confidence- Form
- Declaracion Unificada de Aduanas, captured electronically through the Sistema Integrado de Comercio Exterior (SICE)
- Issuing authority
- Autoridad Nacional de Aduanas (ANA) -- Direccion General de Aduana
- Primary language
- Spanish
- Accepted languages
- Spanish
- Last verified
- Aug 30, 2026
Import requirements & restrictions
Import permit required
Panama does not require a general import license (any company holding a commercial/industrial license may import freely), but food and agricultural products require sanitary/phytosanitary certificates, pharmaceutical products require a certificate of free sale, and a certificate of origin is needed to access PATPA (Panama-US Trade Promotion Agreement) preferential duties.
Directorate General of Standards and Industrial Technology (DGNTI) / COPANIT, Panama
Duty & tax
- VAT (default rate)
- 7%
- MFN duty rate data
- Available
- Preferential rate
- None on record
- Free duty calculator
- Check a duty rate for Panama
Quick answers
What customs declaration form does Panama require?
Panama’s import declaration is the Declaracion Unificada de Aduanas, captured electronically through the Sistema Integrado de Comercio Exterior (SICE), issued by Autoridad Nacional de Aduanas (ANA) -- Direccion General de Aduana.
Which languages does Panama accept on a customs declaration?
Spanish
What is the VAT rate on imports into Panama?
The default VAT rate on record for Panama is 7%.