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Uruguay Trade Summary

2008

Uruguay exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR URUGUAY 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Uruguay 2008

Exports and imports of Uruguay in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 5,942 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 9,069 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,816 products were exported to 169 countries and 3,925 products were imported from 146 countries.

Uruguay top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Uruguay exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Uruguay exports to Brazil worth US$ 988 million, with a partner share of 16.63 percent.
  2. Uruguay exports to Free Zones worth US$ 569 million, with a partner share of 9.57 percent.
  3. Uruguay exports to Argentina worth US$ 507 million, with a partner share of 8.52 percent.
  4. Uruguay exports to Russian Federation worth US$ 332 million, with a partner share of 5.59 percent.
  5. Uruguay exports to Spain worth US$ 240 million, with a partner share of 4.04 percent.

Top five countries from which Uruguay imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Uruguay imports from Argentina worth US$ 2,250 million, with a partner share of 24.81 percent.
  2. Uruguay imports from Brazil worth US$ 1,618 million, with a partner share of 17.84 percent.
  3. Uruguay imports from Russian Federation worth US$ 955 million, with a partner share of 10.53 percent.
  4. Uruguay imports from China worth US$ 908 million, with a partner share of 10.01 percent.
  5. Uruguay imports from Venezuela worth US$ 647 million, with a partner share of 7.13 percent.

Uruguay Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Uruguay along with trade value are:

  1. Uruguay exported Frozen boneless bovine meat , worth 871,735.69 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Uruguay exported Soya beans , worth 327,351.96 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Uruguay exported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 318,028.61 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Uruguay exported Fresh or chilled boneless bovine meat , worth 304,545.49 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Uruguay exported Full-grains, splits of bovine and equine leathe , worth 216,924.25 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Uruguay along with trade value are

  1. Uruguay imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 1,638,170.18 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Uruguay imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 896,747.01 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Uruguay imported Electrical energy , worth 168,539.53 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Uruguay imported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight exceeding 15, , worth 164,182.07 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Uruguay imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 156,635.86 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Uruguay in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 55 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.60 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.08 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 6,399,350.64 and duty free tariff line items share was 33.13 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Uruguay in 2008 are below

  • Uruguay GDP in current US dollar was 31,120 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 7,850.00 .
  • Uruguay Trade balance: as % of GDP was -4.80.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,494.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 65.21 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 12.21 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Uruguay in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.11.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Uruguay Country Growth was 8.88 .