# Uruguay exports to Brazil: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Uruguay to Brazil, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/URY-BRA/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Uruguay reported $2.2B in goods exports to Brazil. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $2.2B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 60% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 4 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 40 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 18.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 870421 | Vehicles: 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 | $3.5B | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 110710 | Malt: not roasted | $698.1M | 19% | Watch |
| 3 | 040221 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $527.3M | 30.7% | High attention |
| 4 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $1.7B | 30.8% | High attention |
| 5 | 392330 | Plastics: carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, for the conveyance or packing of goods | $259.2M | 2.2% | High attention |
| 6 | 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $467.8M | 6.5% | Watch |
| 7 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $385.7M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 151790 | Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils of heading no. 1516 | $143.5M | 13.1% | Watch |
| 9 | 020230 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $167.9M | 0% | Watch |
| 10 | 870895 | Vehicle parts: safety airbags with inflater system: parts thereof | $289.0M | 0% | Watch |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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