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

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Uruguay reported $1.2B in goods exports to the United States. 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 | $1.2B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 53.6% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 33 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 8.9% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 020230 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $4.8B | 0% | Watch |
| 2 | 470329 | Wood pulp: chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), semi-bleached or bleached, of non-coniferous wood | $1.6B | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 020130 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | $4.7B | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 150210 | Tallow: other than those of heading 1503 | $924.1M | 28.3% | High attention |
| 5 | 160250 | Meat preparations: of bovine animals, meat or meat offal, prepared or preserved (excluding livers and homogenised preparations) | $606.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 440711 | Wood: coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $994.0M | 22.9% | High attention |
| 7 | 441239 | Plywood: consisting only of sheets of wood (not bamboo), each ply 6mm or thinner, not containing an outer ply of non-coniferous or tropical wood (as specified in subheading note 1, chapter 44, customs tariff) | $772.5M | 33% | High attention |
| 8 | 040900 | Honey: natural | $609.3M | 23.6% | High attention |
| 9 | 080521 | Fruit, edible: mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), fresh or dried | $452.8M | 35.9% | Watch |
| 10 | 440398 | Wood: of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.), in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated | $16.0M | 52.3% | Critical attention |

## 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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