Consumer Drone → Panama

Consumer Drone is generally allowed for personal-use carriage into Panama.

Details

Consumer Drone is generally allowed for personal-use carriage into Panama. Autoridad Nacional de Aduanas treats single-unit personal effects as routine; no declaration required unless quantities suggest commercial intent (typically 5+ identical units). Pacific Alliance / Mercosur / CAFTA-DR / USMCA / Andean Community preferential treatment for member-state goods. Personal-import duty-free threshold is 100 USD; carriage above the threshold attracts duty + 7% VAT.

Leaving with this item

Consumer drones may generally be exported from Panama for personal use; higher-specification drones face dual-use controls and many destinations restrict drone import.

Practical advice

Walk the Green Channel for single-unit personal effects. For multiple units or high-value items, declare at Red Channel + present purchase receipts. Autoridad Nacional de Aduanas publishes the current personal-allowance schedule at https://www.ana.gob.pa/.

Customs authority

Autoridad Nacional de Aduanas · https://www.ana.gob.pa/