# Uruguay exports to South Korea: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Uruguay reported $167.7M in goods exports to South Korea. The overall review level is Watch.

## 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 | $167.7M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 28.2% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 5 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.8 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 470329 | Wood pulp: chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), semi-bleached or bleached, of non-coniferous wood | $671.0M | 0% | Watch |
| 2 | 440398 | Wood: of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.), in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated | $26.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $2.4B | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 020230 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $1.5B | 76.3% | High attention |
| 5 | 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 | $21.6M | 83.1% | High attention |
| 6 | 030743 | Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, frozen | $365.4M | 79.1% | High attention |
| 7 | 300390 | Medicaments: (not containing antibiotics, hormones, alkaloids or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not packaged for retail sale) | $86.7M | 62% | Watch |
| 8 | 510529 | Wool: wool tops and other combed wool, other than in fragments | $35.8M | 97.1% | Watch |
| 9 | 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) | $29.6M | 94.1% | Watch |
| 10 | 030382 | Fish: frozen, rays and skates (Rajidae), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $24.6M | 98.2% | 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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