Uruguay's trade deficit narrowed sharply to $72.2 million in January 2026 from $199.4 million a year earlier. Exports rose 6.8% to $808.1 million, driven by a 31.2% surge in primary product sales, while manufactured goods slipped 1.3%. Imports fell 7.9% to $880.3 million, weighed down by lower capital goods (-22.3%) and intermediate goods (-14.2%) purchases, partially offset by a 9.7% rise in consumer goods imports. source: Banco Central del Uruguay

Uruguay recorded a trade deficit of 151838 USD Thousand in December of 2025. Balance of Trade in Uruguay averaged -73705.33 USD Thousand from 1993 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 376376.00 USD Thousand in August 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 March of 2026.

Uruguay recorded a trade deficit of 151838 USD Thousand in December of 2025. Balance of Trade in Uruguay is expected to be -98380.00 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 -169000.00 USD Thousand in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-01-30 08:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Dec $-151.839M $-16.8M $ -25.6M
2026-02-27 07:10 PM
Balance of Trade
Jan $-72.2M $-151.839M $-190.0M
2026-03-31 07:30 PM
Balance of Trade
Feb $-72.2M


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade -151838.00 -16773.00 USD Thousand Dec 2025
Capital Flows -115.30 -107.30 USD Million Sep 2025
Current Account 144.00 -89.00 USD Million Sep 2025
Exports 894833.00 948735.00 USD Thousand Dec 2025
External Debt 47786.00 47651.00 USD Million Sep 2025
Foreign Direct Investment -517.00 709.00 USD Million Sep 2025
Imports 1046671.00 1010423.00 USD Thousand Dec 2025
Tourism Revenues 536045.30 303639.96 USD Thousand Dec 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
-151838.00 -16773.00 376376.00 -423348.00 1993 - 2025 USD Thousand Monthly

News Stream
Uruguay's Trade Deficit Narrows Sharply on Export Surge
Uruguay's trade deficit narrowed sharply to $72.2 million in January 2026 from $199.4 million a year earlier. Exports rose 6.8% to $808.1 million, driven by a 31.2% surge in primary product sales, while manufactured goods slipped 1.3%. Imports fell 7.9% to $880.3 million, weighed down by lower capital goods (-22.3%) and intermediate goods (-14.2%) purchases, partially offset by a 9.7% rise in consumer goods imports.
2026-02-27
Uruguay Trade Deficit Narrows as Exports Surge in December
Uruguay’s trade deficit narrowed to $151.8 million in December 2025 from $233.8 million a year earlier. Exports rose 23.7% year-on-year to $894.8 million, driven by a sharp increase in shipments of primary products (66.3%) and solid growth in manufactured goods exports (11.3%). In contrast, utilities exports plunged 82.9%. Meanwhile, imports increased 9.3% to $1.05 billion. Consumer goods purchases rose 8.2%, imports of intermediate goods advanced 17.2%, while capital goods imports declined 9.3%.
2026-01-30
Uruguay Trade Gap Narrows Sharply
Uruguay’s trade deficit narrowed to $16.8 million in November 2025 from $192.9 million a year earlier. Exports rose 11.5% year-on-year to $994.5 million, led by manufacturing goods (16.9%) and utilities (96.4%), while primary goods slipped 3%. Imports fell 6.7% to $1.0 billion, as purchases of capital goods dropped 14.2% and intermediate goods declined 11.9%, partly offset by a 4.5% rise in consumer goods imports.
2025-12-30