Short answer
Paraguay's public record of manufacturers is the industrial register RIEL and the maquila registers of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, which give a company's name, tax ID, city and registration status but no activity code or street address. Testigo holds 2,270 companies from the 2026-10-03 edition.
Key facts
- Registry
- RIEL (Registro Industrial en Línea) and the maquila registers, in the open data of the export single window
- Publisher
- MIC, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce
- Edition read
2026-10-03- One row is
- One registration of one company
- On Testigo
- 2,270. Loaded so far: Every row in the source
- Tax ID in the file
- Yes, RUC
- Activity code
- None
- Licence
- The portal footer states an open state licence. The licence text could not be read
Three lists, read together
The ministry's export single window publishes every registration it holds as yearly files. Two kinds matter here. RIEL is the national register of companies with industrial activity. The maquila registers list companies in the export manufacturing regime.
RIEL has 2,938 registrations. Testigo dropped those of natural persons and kept 1,960 companies. The maquila registers add 469 companies.
The third list is a document, not a dataset: the reply to a public information request, dated December 2024, naming the 318 companies with an approved maquila programme and the sector of each. Testigo left out the service companies and the natural persons on it.
Together the three hold 2,721 rows. A company on more than one list is kept once, which leaves 2,270.
Which fields exist, and which do not
| Field | In the registers | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Tax ID | Yes, for nearly all rows | The RUC. On the 2024 document it was added by exact name match, where one was found. |
| Legal name | Yes, every row | There is no trade name. |
| City and department | Yes, for nearly all rows | The only place in the file. |
| Registration status and date | Yes | For example ACTIVO or REGISTRO VENCIDO. |
| Sector | Only on the 2024 maquila document | A heading such as textiles, plastics or auto parts. It is text, not a code. |
| Activity code | No | The bulk file has none. Being on the industrial register is the only sign of manufacturing. |
| Street address | No | Not in the bulk file. |
| Phone, email, website | No | Not in the bulk file. |
| Size | No | The size filter leaves Paraguay out. |
| Coordinates | No | Testigo shows an approximate position from the city. |
Because there is no activity code, Paraguayan companies are found by name only. They do not appear under a sector filter and Paraguay has no pages in the directory.
What "active" means in Paraguay
Each registration has a state and an expiry date. ACTIVO means the registration is in force. REGISTRO VENCIDO means it expired and was not renewed. Testigo loads both and shows the state as written, because an expired industrial registration does not by itself mean the company stopped.
Of the companies kept from RIEL, 1,095 were ACTIVO in the edition read.
The tax ID: RUC
A Paraguayan RUC is a number followed by a check digit, written after a hyphen. The ministry's file writes the two together as one number, so the same RUC can look one digit longer there.
Official lists
No sanction list is loaded for Paraguay. The maquila registers are used as a source of companies. A record says which list it came from.
How to search Paraguay on Testigo
- Search by company nameUse the Paraguay search. A search by product will find a company only when the product is part of its name.
- Narrow by departmentThe sector and size filters do not apply to Paraguay.
- Open the recordWith a free account you see the RUC. The record shows the registration state and the year of registration.
What is not checked
- What the company makes. There is no activity code.
- Where the plant is. There is no street address and the position is approximate.
- How to reach the company. The file gives no contact.
- Whether the 2024 maquila document is still current. It was a single reply, not a maintained list.
- Certificates, capacity, quality and financial health.
The same portal shows more detail company by company, including an address and an activity. That was seen but not loaded.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a public register of manufacturers in Paraguay?
Yes. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce runs RIEL, the industrial register, and publishes its registrations as open data through the export single window, together with the maquila registers. The files give the name, tax ID, city, department, state and dates of each registration. They give no activity code and no street address.
What is a maquila company in Paraguay?
It is a company registered in Paraguay's export manufacturing regime. The ministry publishes registers of maquila companies, and a 2024 public document lists the companies with an approved programme by sector, such as textiles, plastics and auto parts. Testigo shows which list a company came from and the state of its registration.
Why can I not filter Paraguayan companies by sector?
Because the bulk file of the industrial register carries no activity code. Testigo does not guess one. Paraguayan companies are found by name, and they are left out of the sector filter, the size filter and the directory pages. The record says so, and the coverage page lists the missing fields.
Sources
- Datos abiertos VUE: RegistrosMinisterio de Industria y Comercio · edition 2026-10-03
- Empresas con programa de maquila aprobado, reply to an information requestCNIME, on the Portal de Acceso a la Información Pública · edition 2024-12-19