Panama: a strategic base for your expansion.

We evaluate how to leverage Panama's connectivity, the use of the U.S. dollar, and its business service offerings according to your activity, markets, and structure. The choice should respond to your project's viability and operational needs.

We coordinate warehousing, inventory management, order picking, and distribution with specialized operators. We can evaluate a solution for your company without relocating your entire operation to Panama, by reviewing the necessary contractual and customs structure.

• Import, export, and re-export.
• Warehousing, inventory management, and order picking.
• Transportation and routes to the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and the United States, subject to operator availability and cargo characteristics.

Coverage, frequencies, lead times, and costs are confirmed for each operation.

We organize the needs for a potential industrial, commercial, or service relocation: location, logistics, personnel, infrastructure, and business structure. We coordinate the evaluation of alternatives and a phased roadmap adjusted to your project's viability and scope.

Nearshoring does not imply automatic benefits.

We coordinate with licensed professionals the evaluation of the form of establishment and the needs for incorporation, accounting, taxation, personnel, offices, and immigration advisory. We define with you the phases, deliverables, and responsible parties before starting each service.

A multidisciplinary ecosystem selected for your project provides the necessary specialty for each service; it does not presuppose that all professionals are hired beforehand. Approvals are granted by the competent authorities, not by GLP.

Establishment alternatives, customs options, and an immigration path through investment, with different purposes and conditions; they do not constitute an exhaustive catalog or equivalent regimes.

• Zonas francas

  Regime and license

  Authorized service, industry, and trade activities, according to the regime and license.

• Panamá Pacífico

  Special regime

  An alternative for establishment under its special regime.

• Zona Libre de Colón

  Commercial and logistics zone

  An alternative for commercial and logistics operations.

• Depósitos aduaneros logísticos

  Customs option

  A customs option to study according to the goods and operation; confirm the operator's designation and authorization.

• EMMA

  Multinational regime

  Multinational company regime for manufacturing-related services.

• SEM

  Multinational regime

  Multinational Company Headquarters.

• Ciudad del Saber

  Platform with admission

  A platform for projects compatible with its admission criteria.

• Inversionista calificado

  Immigration path through investment

  This is evaluated separately; it is not a commercial license, a free zone, or an operating regime equivalent to the previous ones.

Eligibility, requirements, and benefits are reviewed for each project. No option implies automatic approval, tax exemption, or residency.

IFZA Panama is a specific business setup solution, which is evaluated based on your activity and applicable conditions.

We coordinate the review of tariff classification, origin, documentation, and access conditions with the corresponding specialist. Transit or re-export through Panama do not in themselves confer Panamanian origin or tariff preferences.