Top Export Products of Uruguay

10-Apr-2025

Overview

Uruguay
 

> Beef: 23%

> Soybeans: 18%

> Cellulose: 15%

> Dairy Products: 10%

> Rice: 8%

> Wood: 7%

> Wool: 6%

> Fish: 5%

> Leather: 4%

> Wheat: 3%

These top 10 export items represented a significant 99% of Uruguay's total export value for 2023. When analyzing Uruguay's customs records, it's evident that the fastest-growing export categories were Beef (USD 2.3 billion), Soybeans (USD 1.8 billion), and Cellulose (USD 1.5 billion) showing a robust upward trend. Conversely, the declining sectors in the export landscape included products of the Dairy Products, Rice, Wool, as well as Fish.

For businesses and market analysts, the subsequent chart offers a deeper dive, showcasing the monetary value and market dynamics of Uruguay’s top 10 export commodities for 2023.

YOY and MOM comparison of growth and share of top Export Products of uruguay
Export Products of Uruguay
100
Top Products 2023 2022 Growth% 2023 Share 2022 Share
Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, Cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, Whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, Made up of individually sheathed fibres, Whether or not assembled with

HSN Code:  85443000  85444200   85444900  
Exporters : Uruguay Exporters 175
Uruguay Exporters Shipment 206,189
Value $735,086,684.66 $849,821,737.33 redDownArrow -13.50% 2.70%
Shipment 85,896 63,378 greenUpArrow 35.53% 27.85%
Meat of bovine animals, Frozen

HSN Code:  02023000   02022090  
Exporters : Uruguay Exporters 140
Uruguay Exporters Shipment 63,845
Value $1,854,070,666.22 $2,327,341,593.3 redDownArrow -20.34% 6.82%
Shipment 21,669 24,119 redDownArrow -10.16% 7.03%
Edible offal of bovine animals, Swine, Sheep, Goats, Horses, Asses, Mules or hinnies, Fresh, Chilled or frozen

HSN Code:  02062990   02062910   02062100  
Exporters : Uruguay Exporters 144
Uruguay Exporters Shipment 30,622
Value $221,336,383.12 $236,577,166.05 redDownArrow -6.44% 0.81%
Shipment 10,402 11,462 redDownArrow -9.25% 3.37%
Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, Put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings

HSN Code:  30049029   30049059   30049030  
Exporters : Uruguay Exporters 204
Uruguay Exporters Shipment 27,351
Value $211,364,208.14 $287,981,790.51 redDownArrow -26.61% 0.78%
Shipment 9,734 9,420 greenUpArrow 3.33% 3.16%
Meat of bovine animals, Fresh and chilled

HSN Code:  02013000   02013090   02013020  
Exporters : Uruguay Exporters 76
Uruguay Exporters Shipment 26,978
Value $749,750,022.88 $777,707,749.93 redDownArrow -3.59% 2.76%
Shipment 10,260 9,794 greenUpArrow 4.76% 3.33%
Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705

HSN Code:  87083019   87089521   87089529  
Exporters : Uruguay Exporters 145
Uruguay Exporters Shipment 17,903
Value $101,348,228.84 $81,012,227.64 greenUpArrow 25.10% 0.37%
Shipment 6,771 7,115 redDownArrow -4.83% 2.20%
Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, Of plastics; stoppers, Lids, Caps and other closures, Of plastics

HSN Code:  39233090   39231090   39235000  
Exporters : Uruguay Exporters 184
Uruguay Exporters Shipment 17,393
Value $332,018,679.91 $375,362,730.89 redDownArrow -11.55% 1.22%
Shipment 6,026 5,890 greenUpArrow 2.31% 1.95%


HSN Code:  000000   0000   00000410  
Exporters : Uruguay Exporters 1,160
Uruguay Exporters Shipment 15,333
Value $79,738,815.24 $32,834,952.97 greenUpArrow 142.85% 0.29%
Shipment 5,005 5,790 redDownArrow -13.56% 1.62%
Rice

HSN Code:  10063021   10063099   10062010  
Exporters : Uruguay Exporters 142
Uruguay Exporters Shipment 13,689
Value $1,130,088,776.05 $850,148,045.94 greenUpArrow 32.93% 4.15%
Shipment 5,275 4,452 greenUpArrow 18.49% 1.71%
Other tubes, Pipes and hollow profiles (for example, Open seam or welded, Riveted or similarly closed), Of iron or steel - line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines:

HSN Code:  73064000  73064099   73060000  
Exporters : Uruguay Exporters 46
Uruguay Exporters Shipment 13,189
Value $142,260,713.35 $132,040,443.54 greenUpArrow 7.74% 0.52%
Shipment 4,324 5,960 redDownArrow -27.45% 1.40%
Seats (other than those of heading 9402), Whether or not convertible into beds, And parts thereof

HSN Code:  94019900   94019090   94019099  
Exporters : Uruguay Exporters 74
Uruguay Exporters Shipment 12,942
Value $117,321,138.61 $47,599,830.11 greenUpArrow 146.47% 0.43%
Shipment 4,092 3,057 greenUpArrow 33.86% 1.33%
Wood in the rough, Whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, Or roughly squared

HSN Code:  44032110   44039800   44032190  
Exporters : Uruguay Exporters 131
Uruguay Exporters Shipment 12,466
Value $1,437,179,878.5 $1,087,490,973.16 greenUpArrow 32.16% 5.28%
Shipment 4,178 4,870 redDownArrow -14.21% 1.35%
Milk and cream, Concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

HSN Code:  04022110   04021010   04022118  
Exporters : Uruguay Exporters 118
Uruguay Exporters Shipment 11,597
Value $1,755,024,211 $1,021,060,544.72 greenUpArrow 71.88% 6.45%
Shipment 5,079 3,277 greenUpArrow 54.99% 1.65%
Citrus fruit, Fresh or dried

HSN Code:  08051000   08052100   08055000  
Exporters : Uruguay Exporters 81
Uruguay Exporters Shipment 11,482
Value $93,124,726.62 $88,337,772.88 greenUpArrow 5.42% 0.34%
Shipment 4,133 3,792 greenUpArrow 8.99% 1.34%
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, Sliced or peeled, Whether or not planed, Sanded or end-jointed, Of a thickness exceeding 6 mm

HSN Code:  44079990   44071100   44071900  
Exporters : Uruguay Exporters 161
Uruguay Exporters Shipment 11,405
Value $211,955,861.93 $247,184,409.97 redDownArrow -14.25% 0.78%
Shipment 3,857 3,571 greenUpArrow 8.01% 1.25%