# Uruguay exports to the United Kingdom: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Uruguay reported $125.5M in goods exports to the United Kingdom. The overall review level is Critical 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 | $125.5M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 92.1% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 2 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 9 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.7 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 46.7% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 100620 | Cereals: husked (brown) rice | $282.5M | 7.2% | High attention |
| 2 | 020130 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | $1.2B | 56.7% | Critical attention |
| 3 | 470329 | Wood pulp: chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), semi-bleached or bleached, of non-coniferous wood | $204.1M | 48.2% | High attention |
| 4 | 020230 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $446.0M | 84.9% | Critical attention |
| 5 | 120510 | Oil seeds: low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken | $323.3M | 91.4% | High attention |
| 6 | 120590 | Oil seeds: rape or colza seeds, other than low erucic, whether or not broken | $43.7M | 77.5% | High attention |
| 7 | 260120 | Iron pyrites: roasted | $129.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 441233 | Plywood: with sheets of wood only: not bamboo: each ply 6mm or less, with at least one outer ply of alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane, poplar, aspen, robinia, tulipwood or walnut | $417.3M | 53.6% | High attention |
| 9 | 382600 | Biodiesel and mixtures thereof: not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | $643.6M | 62.4% | High attention |
| 10 | 440799 | Wood: sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, thicker than 6mm, n.e.c. in heading no. 4407 | $57.5M | 42.5% | 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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