Full trade & compliance profile
Uruguay — Trade & Compliance
Uruguay's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.
Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.
5
trade agreements
7
cargo treaties
10.39%
MFN applied tariff
Memberships & standing
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Uruguay beyond logistics?
Trade Flow
Leading export goods (HS2)
- 1Wood pulp23.0%
- 2Meat18.8%
- 3Cereals8.3%
- 4Dairy, eggs, honey6.8%
- 5Oil seeds4.5%
Leading import goods (HS2)
- 1Vehicles13.8%
- 2Mineral fuels & oils12.0%
- 3Machinery & mechanical appliances10.8%
- 4Electrical machinery7.5%
- 5Plastics4.5%
Declining export markets
- 1China−3.93pp
- 2Netherlands−2.10pp
- 3Argentina−1.82pp
Fastest-rising export goods
- 1Wood pulp+5.93pp
- 2Cereals+3.32pp
- 3Live animals+1.19pp
Declining export goods
- 1Meat−5.07pp
- 2Oil seeds−2.84pp
- 3Wood−1.16pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
Mexico - Uruguay2004
Latin American Integration Association (LAIA) - Accession of Cuba1999
Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)1991
Latin American Integration Association (LAIA)1981
Protocol on Trade Negotiations (PTN)1973
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
- ✓Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. New York, 19 June 2023
- ✓Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. New York, 4 August 1995
- ✓United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Vienna, 11 April 1980
- ✓Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring. New York, 4 June 1954
- ✓Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention). Geneva, 14 November 1975
- ✓Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods. New York, 14 June 1974
Fiscal & Tariffs
Currency
UYU
Peso Uruguayo
MFN applied tariff
10.39%
simple average (2022)
Key commodities
Top agricultural output
Soya beans
3.1M t
Top mineral output
gypsum and plaster
90.4K tonnes (metric)
Energy production
Primary energy production
Top item per category of 105 commodities tracked — full lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA
All Sources
Referencelogibook trade-bloc referencelogibook trade-bloc reference
Compiled (public facts)
commoditythe U.S. Energy Information Administrationthe U.S. Energy Information Administration
Public domain (US gov)↗
Referenceinternational organisation membership recordsinternational organisation membership records
Public (official lists)↗