Uruguay Trade Surplus Expands in August

2025-10-01 19:18 By Felipe Alarcon 1 min. read

Uruguay posted a trade surplus of $476.44 million in August 2025, from a $42.44 million surplus in the same month a year earlier.

Exports surged 38.1% year-on-year to $1.349 billion, led by an 69.8% increase in primary goods and a 22.3% gain in manufactured products, while utility-related exports tumbled -39.5%.

Imports fell -15.1% to $0.873 billion, pressured by a -1.4% drop in consumer goods, a -2.4% decrease in capital goods, and intermediate goods plunged -26.3%.



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