Uruguay posted a trade surplus of $88.8 million in July 2025, reversing a $0.095 million gap in the same month a year earlier. Exports rose 13.1% year-on-year to $1.107 billion, led by an 11.9% increase in primary goods and a 12.6% gain in manufactured products, while utility-related exports surged 93.8%. Imports grew 4.1% to $1.018 billion, supported by a 9.6% rise in consumer goods and a 14.6% increase in capital goods, though intermediate goods fell 3.3%. source: Banco Central del Uruguay

Uruguay recorded a trade surplus of 88824 USD Thousand in July of 2025. Balance of Trade in Uruguay averaged -73085.40 USD Thousand from 1993 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 408768.00 USD Thousand in June of 2025 and a record low of -423348.00 USD Thousand in January of 2014. This page provides - Uruguay Balance of Trade - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Uruguay Balance of Trade - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2025.

Uruguay recorded a trade surplus of 88824 USD Thousand in July of 2025. Balance of Trade in Uruguay is expected to be -17628.00 USD Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Uruguay Balance of Trade is projected to trend around -177346.00 USD Thousand in 2026 and -169000.00 USD Thousand in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-07-31 05:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Jun $408.8M $30.6M $ 60.3M
2025-08-29 06:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Jul $88.8M $408.8M
2025-09-30 07:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Aug $88.8M $120.0M


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade 88824.00 408768.00 USD Thousand Jul 2025
Capital Flows 399.10 -684.60 USD Million Mar 2025
Current Account -318.60 -383.50 USD Million Mar 2025
Exports 1107040.00 1280751.00 USD Thousand Jul 2025
External Debt 48573.90 46312.90 USD Million Mar 2025
Foreign Direct Investment -351.84 -84.05 USD Million Mar 2025
Imports 1018216.00 871983.00 USD Thousand Jul 2025
Tourism Revenues 309650.86 891064.43 USD Thousand Jun 2025

Uruguay Balance of Trade
Uruguay exports mostly agricultural products. Shipments of livestock and products from the animal kingdom (41 percent of total exports) and products from the plant kingdom account (22 percent). Main imports are: mineral products (18 percent of total exports), machinery and electrical equipment (16 percent), chemical and industrial products (16 percent), and transportation equipment (11 percent). Main trading partners are: China (27 percent of total exports and 18 percent of imports), Brazil (17 percent of total exports and 20 percent of imports), the United States (6 percent of exports and 13 percent of imports) and Argentina (6 percent of exports and 12 percent of imports). Others include: Netherlands, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
88824.00 408768.00 408768.00 -423348.00 1993 - 2025 USD Thousand Monthly

News Stream
Uruguay Balance of Trade Swings to Surplus in July
Uruguay posted a trade surplus of $88.8 million in July 2025, reversing a $0.095 million gap in the same month a year earlier. Exports rose 13.1% year-on-year to $1.107 billion, led by an 11.9% increase in primary goods and a 12.6% gain in manufactured products, while utility-related exports surged 93.8%. Imports grew 4.1% to $1.018 billion, supported by a 9.6% rise in consumer goods and a 14.6% increase in capital goods, though intermediate goods fell 3.3%.
2025-08-29
Uruguay Posts Record Trade Surplus in June
Uruguay posted a record $408.8 million trade surplus in June 2025, up from $176.5 million a year earlier—the highest since the historical series began in 1995. Exports surged 31.2% year-on-year to $1.28 billion, mainly driven by a 61.7% jump in primary goods and a 10.9% increase in manufactured goods, while utility-related exports declined 17.4%. Imports rose more moderately, up 9.1% to $872 million, as purchases of consumer goods grew by 4.5%, intermediate goods by 3.8%, and capital goods by 0.5%.
2025-07-31
Uruguay Trade Balance Swings to Surplus
Uruguay recorded a $30.6 million trade surplus in May 2025, rebounding from a $28.1 million deficit in the same month last year and marking its first surplus since August 2024. Exports rose 8.4% year-over-year to $1.03 billion, driven by strong growth in primary goods (+12.8%) and manufactured products (+12.2%), while utilities exports plunged 93.6%. Imports increased 2.1%, led by higher purchases of intermediate goods (+7.6%) and consumer goods (+7.5%). In contrast, capital goods imports dropped 20.4%.
2025-06-30