Uruguay Balance of Trade

Last Release

Aug 31, 2025

Actual

476,438

Units In

USD Thousand

88,824

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Oct 31, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 12 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
677,818 Jun 2022	-423,348 Jan 2014	-69,599.39 USD Thousand	1993-2025	Banco Central del Uruguay

Uruguay exports mostly agricultural products. Shipments of meat, vegetables, rice and dairy products account for 52 percent of total exports. Main imports are: industrial supplies, crude and refined oil and machinery and equipment. Main trading partners are: Brazil (20 percent of total exports and 19 percent of imports) and Argentina (8 percent of exports and 18 percent of imports). Others include: China, United States, Venezuela and Germany.

Latest Updates

Uruguay posted a trade surplus of $476.44 million in August 2025, from a $42.44 million surplus in the same month a year earlier. Exports surged 38.1% year-on-year to $1.349 billion, led by an 69.8% increase in primary goods and a 22.3% gain in manufactured products, while utility-related exports tumbled -39.5%. Imports fell -15.1% to $0.873 billion, pressured by a -1.4% drop in consumer goods, a -2.4% decrease in capital goods, and intermediate goods plunged -26.3%.