Uruguay

Uruguay Imports 2023

Complete list of Uruguay's 171 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.

$13.76B
Total imports (2023)
#104
Global import rank
171
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked

Uruguay imported $13.76 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #104 largest importer. Goods came from 171 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 75.7% of total import value. The leading import was petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude, valued at $1.07 billion 7.8% of total imports.

The two tables below list every source country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.

All import sources

171 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.

#Source2023 import value% of total
1Brazil$3.10B22.55%
2China$2.51B18.28%
3Argentina$1.46B10.60%
4USA$1.28B9.33%
5Nigeria$529.47M3.85%
6India$349.93M2.54%
7Germany$339.74M2.47%
8Spain$307.23M2.23%
9Italy$263.98M1.92%
10Paraguay$259.35M1.89%
11Mexico$236.41M1.72%
12Netherlands$225.35M1.64%
13France$216.90M1.58%
14Türkiye$181.35M1.32%
15Saudi Arabia$167.46M1.22%
16United Kingdom$148.24M1.08%
17Chile$142.37M1.03%
18Viet Nam$104.65M0.76%
19Rep. of Korea$93.69M0.68%
20Belgium$81.98M0.60%
21Israel$81.29M0.59%
22Canada$79.48M0.58%
23Oman$78.85M0.57%
24Switzerland$77.61M0.56%
25Japan$74.67M0.54%
26Finland$73.02M0.53%
27Denmark$67.71M0.49%
28Austria$61.00M0.44%
29Other Asia, nes$59.97M0.44%
30Indonesia$58.80M0.43%
31Algeria$51.27M0.37%
32Sweden$50.25M0.37%
33Bangladesh$47.48M0.35%
34Ireland$46.65M0.34%
35China, Hong Kong SAR$38.82M0.28%
36Côte d'Ivoire$37.84M0.28%
37Morocco$36.61M0.27%
38Turkmenistan$35.94M0.26%
39Thailand$35.87M0.26%
40Ecuador$34.02M0.25%
41Singapore$30.67M0.22%
42Colombia$30.46M0.22%
43Peru$30.05M0.22%
44United Arab Emirates$29.83M0.22%
45Egypt$29.21M0.21%
46Poland$29.01M0.21%
47Romania$28.94M0.21%
48Russian Federation$27.87M0.20%
49South Africa$27.07M0.20%
50Kazakhstan$24.08M0.18%
51Malaysia$22.48M0.16%
52Lithuania$19.39M0.14%
53Kuwait$19.08M0.14%
54Portugal$19.02M0.14%
55Philippines$18.82M0.14%
56Qatar$18.75M0.14%
57Norway$17.69M0.13%
58Czechia$17.26M0.13%
59Bolivia (Plurinational State of)$16.87M0.12%
60Slovenia$16.78M0.12%
61Hungary$15.23M0.11%
62Greece$12.42M0.09%
63New Zealand$12.03M0.09%
64Pakistan$11.07M0.08%
65Australia$10.90M0.08%
66Bahrain$9.44M0.07%
67Cambodia$8.47M0.06%
68Estonia$8.44M0.06%
69Cameroon$8.34M0.06%
70Panama$7.99M0.06%
71Costa Rica$6.76M0.05%
72Bulgaria$4.64M0.03%
73Slovakia$4.06M0.03%
74Myanmar$4.00M0.03%
75Sri Lanka$3.28M0.02%
76Serbia$2.62M0.02%
77Dominican Rep.$2.20M0.02%
78Luxembourg$2.10M0.02%
79Guatemala$1.69M0.01%
80Ghana$1.27M0.01%
81Croatia$1.17M0.01%
82Tunisia$1.16M0.01%
83Iceland$996,1270.01%
84Ukraine$701,5080.01%
85Latvia$657,6500.00%
86Bosnia Herzegovina$633,9960.00%
87Zambia$627,8900.00%
88Jamaica$541,6580.00%
89Lebanon$528,3800.00%
90Andorra$488,1520.00%
91Albania$438,3850.00%
92Cuba$387,5250.00%
93North Macedonia$385,6260.00%
94Jordan$377,9630.00%
95Cyprus$318,5070.00%
96El Salvador$317,8850.00%
97Kenya$311,9820.00%
98Honduras$225,4670.00%
99Lesotho$215,0810.00%
100Lao People's Dem. Rep.$173,0550.00%
101United Rep. of Tanzania$162,4990.00%
102Madagascar$120,7440.00%
103Uzbekistan$112,1370.00%
104Guyana$104,1930.00%
105Rep. of Moldova$90,0560.00%
106Malta$86,9950.00%
107Nicaragua$84,5690.00%
108Bermuda$83,9160.00%
109Venezuela$83,0400.00%
110Ethiopia$75,6570.00%
111Afghanistan$68,1000.00%
112Georgia$67,9020.00%
113Belarus$61,3520.00%
114Angola$56,2970.00%
115Iran$52,1510.00%
116Br. Virgin Isds$37,0000.00%
117Senegal$34,8060.00%
118Armenia$33,7380.00%
119Gabon$31,4720.00%
120Haiti$31,1980.00%
121Iraq$29,6450.00%
122Dem. People's Rep. of Korea$25,7080.00%
123Azerbaijan$24,1550.00%
124San Marino$22,0800.00%
125Mauritius$21,2630.00%
126Barbados$20,3000.00%
127Belize$16,9290.00%
128Congo$14,5420.00%
129Mongolia$13,6140.00%
130Trinidad and Tobago$13,4610.00%
131Namibia$13,3180.00%
132Rwanda$12,5890.00%
133Burkina Faso$10,2610.00%
134Mozambique$6,8190.00%
135Dominica$6,0520.00%
136Montenegro$5,1520.00%
137China, Macao SAR$4,8380.00%
138Burundi$4,6190.00%
139Sudan$4,6180.00%
140Cabo Verde$3,9230.00%
141Benin$3,5130.00%
142Greenland$3,4050.00%
143Mauritania$2,6740.00%
144Bahamas$2,6520.00%
145American Samoa$2,6200.00%
146Djibouti$2,3110.00%
147Uganda$2,1800.00%
148Nepal$1,7140.00%
149Dem. Rep. of the Congo$9010.00%
150Saint Kitts and Nevis$8700.00%
151Chad$7590.00%
152Curaçao$5990.00%
153Aruba$5110.00%
154N. Mariana Isds$4360.00%
155Botswana$3750.00%
156Guam$3370.00%
157Brunei Darussalam$3210.00%
158State of Palestine$2730.00%
159Sierra Leone$2320.00%
160Eswatini$2100.00%
161Samoa$1840.00%
162Gambia$1490.00%
163Suriname$1330.00%
164Kyrgyzstan$1290.00%
165Niue$1120.00%
166Syria$560.00%
167Guinea$470.00%
168Saint Helena$380.00%
169Anguilla$360.00%
170Cocos Isds$350.00%
171Central African Rep.$190.00%

Top import products (HS6)

100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.

#HS6ProductValue% of total
1270900Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude$1.07B7.78%
2271000Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils$872.99M6.35%
3851712Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks$235.74M1.71%
4300490Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale$211.90M1.54%
5870431Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1$187.83M1.37%
6870899Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708$177.91M1.29%
7260111Iron ores and concentrates: non-agglomerated$177.07M1.29%
8870321Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc$167.40M1.22%
9380893Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators: other than containing goods of Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles$148.58M1.08%
10100590Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed$148.37M1.08%
11020130Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled$129.81M0.94%
12870322Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc$128.90M0.94%
13310210Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution$122.95M0.89%
14020329Meat: of swine, n.e.c. in item no. 0203.2, frozen$116.14M0.84%
15390761Poly(ethylene terephthalate): in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher$113.81M0.83%
16870421Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1$108.32M0.79%
17271600Electrical energy$107.64M0.78%
18870323Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc$96.01M0.70%
19300215Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale$87.06M0.63%
20281512Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda): in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda)$85.52M0.62%
21851762Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus$82.37M0.60%
22847130Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display$75.83M0.55%
23310420Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: potassic, potassium chloride$70.94M0.52%
24271320Petroleum bitumen: obtained from bituminous minerals$65.18M0.47%
25090300Mate$64.23M0.47%
26110423Cereal grains: worked (e.g. hulled, pearled, sliced or kibbled) of maize (corn)$60.55M0.44%
27300439Medicaments: containing hormones (but not insulin), adrenal cortex hormones or antibiotics, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale$60.10M0.44%
28271490Bitumen and asphalt, natural: asphaltites and asphaltic rock$58.50M0.43%
29870340Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power$57.88M0.42%
30870380Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion$57.63M0.42%
31847150Units of automatic data processing machines: processing units other than those of item no. 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units$56.94M0.41%
32210690Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10$52.90M0.38%
33870120Tractors: road, for semi-trailers$52.54M0.38%
34300220Vaccines: for human medicine$51.67M0.38%
35310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)$51.51M0.37%
36271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas$47.98M0.35%
37230910Dog or cat food: put up for retail sale, used in animal feeding$46.61M0.34%
38852872Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen$45.77M0.33%
39310590Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: n.e.c. in heading no. 3105$45.34M0.33%
40392690Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39$44.91M0.33%
41870423Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1$43.63M0.32%
42200410Vegetable preparations: potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen$42.81M0.31%
43150210Tallow: other than those of heading 1503$42.79M0.31%
44841510Air conditioning machines: comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or "split-system"$41.15M0.30%
45230400Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil$40.59M0.30%
46382200Reagents: diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing and prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading no. 3002 or 3006: certified reference material$39.43M0.29%
47870829Vehicles: parts and accessories, of bodies, other than safety seat belts$38.37M0.28%
48190590Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products$37.77M0.27%
49382499Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824$36.50M0.27%
50640419Footwear: (other than sportswear), with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials$36.44M0.26%
51720712Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel: containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section$36.15M0.26%
52870422Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1$35.77M0.26%
53940540Lamps and light fittings: electric, n.e.c. in heading no. 9405$34.89M0.25%
54842952Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure$34.57M0.25%
55730890Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308$34.51M0.25%
56100510Cereals: maize (corn), seed$34.48M0.25%
57180200Cocoa: shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste$34.25M0.25%
58870790Vehicles: bodies (including cabs) for the motor vehicles of heading no. 8701, 8702, 8704 or 8705$34.14M0.25%
59220300Beer: made from malt$32.38M0.24%
60271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane$32.21M0.23%
61401110Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars)$32.12M0.23%
62230990Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding$32.04M0.23%
63841182Turbines: gas-turbines (excluding turbo-jets and turbo-propellers), of a power exceeding 5000kW$32.03M0.23%
64848180Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves$31.21M0.23%
65151190Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified$30.99M0.23%
66871120Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars$29.83M0.22%
67843351Combine harvester-threshers$29.68M0.22%
68330300Perfumes and toilet waters$28.98M0.21%
69380892Fungicides: other than containing goods specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles$28.57M0.21%
70230250Bran, sharps and other residues: of leguminous plants, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other workings thereof$28.43M0.21%
71310530Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)$28.30M0.21%
72840820Engines: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87$28.29M0.21%
73730661Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), welded, of square or rectangular cross-section, n.e.c. in chapter 73$28.26M0.21%
74380891Insecticides: other than containing goods specified in Subheading Notes 1 & 2 to this Chapter: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles$28.06M0.20%
75340220Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale$27.87M0.20%
76870195Tractors: n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709): of an engine power exceeding 130kW$27.85M0.20%
77392010Plastics: plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), of polymers of ethylene, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials$26.69M0.19%
78310221Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, ammonium sulphate$26.57M0.19%
79610910T-shirts, singlets and other vests: of cotton, knitted or crocheted$26.32M0.19%
80901890Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018$26.27M0.19%
81843680Machinery: for agricultural, horticultural or forestry use and n.e.c. in heading no. 8436$25.94M0.19%
82841810Refrigerators and freezers: combined refrigerator-freezers, fitted with separate external doors, electric or other$25.83M0.19%
83300212Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: antisera and other blood fractions$25.82M0.19%
84950300Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds$25.82M0.19%
85852580Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders$25.79M0.19%
86390110Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94$25.44M0.18%
87940161Seats: with wooden frames, upholstered, (excluding medical, surgical, dental, veterinary or barber furniture)$25.26M0.18%
88850440Electrical static converters$24.89M0.18%
89870194Tractors: n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709): of an engine power exceeding 75kW but not exceeding 130kW$24.76M0.18%
90330210Odoriferous substances and mixtures: of a kind used in the food or drink industries$24.68M0.18%
91080390Fruit, edible: bananas, other than plantains, fresh or dried$24.48M0.18%
92940690Buildings: prefabricated, not of wood$23.92M0.17%
93890400Tugs and pusher craft$23.71M0.17%
94230330Brewing or distilling dregs and waste: whether or not in the form of pellets$23.43M0.17%
95401120Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries$22.96M0.17%
96481910Paper and paperboard: cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard$22.78M0.17%
97847989Machines and mechanical appliances: having individual functions, n.e.c. or included in this chapter$22.41M0.16%
98170114Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter$22.21M0.16%
99870193Tractors: n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709): of an engine power exceeding 37kW but not exceeding 75kW$22.13M0.16%
100190531Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa$21.88M0.16%