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Uruguay Trade Summary

2012

Uruguay exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR URUGUAY 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for Uruguay 2012

Exports and imports of Uruguay in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 8,709 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 11,652 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,794 products were exported to 165 countries and 3,943 products were imported from 155 countries.

Uruguay top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which Uruguay exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Uruguay exports to Brazil worth US$ 1,688 million, with a partner share of 19.39 percent.
  2. Uruguay exports to Free Zones worth US$ 1,418 million, with a partner share of 16.29 percent.
  3. Uruguay exports to China worth US$ 796 million, with a partner share of 9.14 percent.
  4. Uruguay exports to Argentina worth US$ 504 million, with a partner share of 5.79 percent.
  5. Uruguay exports to Venezuela worth US$ 415 million, with a partner share of 4.77 percent.

Top five countries from which Uruguay imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Uruguay imports from Brazil worth US$ 2,097 million, with a partner share of 18.00 percent.
  2. Uruguay imports from Argentina worth US$ 1,741 million, with a partner share of 14.95 percent.
  3. Uruguay imports from China worth US$ 1,662 million, with a partner share of 14.27 percent.
  4. Uruguay imports from United States worth US$ 1,047 million, with a partner share of 8.98 percent.
  5. Uruguay imports from Venezuela worth US$ 827 million, with a partner share of 7.10 percent.

Uruguay Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

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

  1. Uruguay exported Soya beans , worth US$ 1,379,652.21 million.
  2. Uruguay exported Frozen boneless bovine meat , worth US$ 1,002,999.88 million.
  3. Uruguay exported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth US$ 416,064.37 million.
  4. Uruguay exported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth US$ 379,164.51 million.
  5. Uruguay exported Fresh or chilled boneless bovine meat , worth US$ 368,534.42 million.

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 US$ 1,685,090.54 million.
  2. Uruguay imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 1,172,137.31 million.
  3. Uruguay imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 229,935.29 million.
  4. Uruguay imported Electrical energy , worth US$ 196,801.70 million.
  5. Uruguay imported Polyethylene terephthalate, in primary forms , worth US$ 145,359.37 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by Uruguay in 2012 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 55 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.76 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.20 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 6,743,302.94 and duty free tariff line items share was 31.26 percent.

Development Indicators 2012

Key Development Indicators of Uruguay in 2012 are below

  • Uruguay GDP in current US dollar was 54,232 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 14,080.00 .
  • Uruguay Trade balance: as % of GDP was -3.22.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,747.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 55.06 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 16.79 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for Uruguay in 2012 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.07.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.03.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.02 and Uruguay Country Growth was 6.16 .