# Uruguay Import Opportunities

Explore Uruguay's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $14.0B
- Import CAGR: +4.8%
- Trade openness: 39.4%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $944.3M | +6.3% | 5 | 3083 |
| 2 | HS 020130 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | $158.5M | +29.2% | 4 | 7426 |
| 3 | HS 870321 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not exceeding 1000cc | $195.6M | +11.3% | 14 | 7706 |
| 4 | HS 870431 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. not exceeding 5 tonnes), nes in item no 8704.1 | $215.7M | +9.0% | 13 | 6537 |
| 5 | HS 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $126.0M | +34.6% | 16 | 7192 |
| 6 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $229.3M | +10.2% | 40 | 4903 |
| 7 | HS 260111 | Iron ores and concentrates: non-agglomerated | $91.1M | +45.4% | 2 | 10000 |
| 8 | HS 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate): in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | $127.1M | +12.5% | 11 | 7552 |
| 9 | HS 020329 | Meat: of swine, n.e.s. in item no. 0203.2, frozen | $112.0M | +10.4% | 8 | 9114 |
| 10 | HS 271121 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas | $69.1M | +24.9% | 1 | 10000 |
| 11 | HS 380893 | Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators: not containing substances of 3808.50: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $131.9M | +9.3% | 19 | 4224 |
| 12 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $465.9M | +6.6% | 45 | 1254 |
| 13 | HS 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $109.3M | +18.9% | 17 | 3544 |
| 14 | HS 281512 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda): in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | $53.2M | +21.9% | 12 | 9324 |
| 15 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $159.9M | +10.6% | 15 | 3583 |
| 16 | HS 841510 | Air conditioning machines: comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, window or wall types, self-contained or split-system | $63.3M | +11.4% | 19 | 9402 |
| 17 | HS 950450 | Games: video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504.30 | $75.3M | +13.9% | 21 | 6090 |
| 18 | HS 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $77.5M | +6.3% | 42 | 7282 |
| 19 | HS 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $296.5M | +8.0% | 53 | 1124 |
| 20 | HS 330300 | Perfumes and toilet waters | $179.0M | +6.6% | 32 | 2351 |
| 21 | HS 310210 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution | $103.1M | +9.7% | 18 | 3539 |
| 22 | HS 870240 | Vehicles: public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), with only electric motor for propulsion, new or used | $38.9M | +38.1% | 1 | 10000 |
| 23 | HS 090300 | Mate | $66.5M | +2.4% | 4 | 9980 |
| 24 | HS 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 | $143.0M | +4.9% | 14 | 2775 |
| 25 | HS 300439 | Medicaments: containing hormones (but not insulin), adrenal cortex hormones or antibiotics, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $77.9M | +6.7% | 25 | 5082 |
| 26 | HS 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $60.7M | +5.7% | 48 | 8465 |
| 27 | HS 760612 | Aluminium: plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) | $37.2M | +17.5% | 12 | 9843 |
| 28 | HS 961700 | Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases: parts thereof other than glass inners | $41.8M | +12.5% | 38 | 9388 |
| 29 | HS 310540 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | $64.0M | +12.7% | 13 | 4273 |
| 30 | HS 852872 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen | $55.7M | +9.4% | 23 | 6079 |
| 31 | HS 300215 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $145.7M | +3.5% | 28 | 2144 |
| 32 | HS 890510 | Dredgers | $27.8M | +23.3% | 1 | 10000 |
| 33 | HS 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $133.7M | +6.6% | 66 | 2597 |
| 34 | HS 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $46.5M | +6.0% | 10 | 7481 |
| 35 | HS 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $83.0M | +7.1% | 57 | 2653 |
| 36 | HS 870340 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $69.3M | +32.4% | 19 | 1816 |
| 37 | HS 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $99.2M | +1.2% | 22 | 2741 |
| 38 | HS 730661 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), welded, of square or rectangular cross-section, n.e.c. in chapter 73 | $30.7M | +22.8% | 15 | 5615 |
| 39 | HS 100510 | Cereals: maize (corn), seed | $31.3M | +9.9% | 6 | 9610 |
| 40 | HS 310420 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: potassic, potassium chloride | $77.9M | +16.6% | 12 | 1916 |
| 41 | HS 842612 | Cranes: mobile lifting frames on tyres and straddle carriers | $22.2M | +21.3% | 3 | 9941 |
| 42 | HS 310221 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, ammonium sulphate | $24.1M | +17.8% | 7 | 9398 |
| 43 | HS 740819 | Copper: wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension is 6mm or less | $20.6M | +22.1% | 5 | 9993 |
| 44 | HS 230910 | Dog or cat food: put up for retail sale, used in animal feeding | $51.7M | +14.0% | 17 | 3402 |
| 45 | HS 150210 | Tallow: other than those of heading 1503 | $26.7M | +25.3% | 4 | 5647 |
| 46 | HS 848180 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | $44.4M | +6.5% | 62 | 4416 |
| 47 | HS 999999 | Commodities not specified according to kind | $17.8M | +25.0% | 1 | 10000 |
| 48 | HS 940540 | Lamps and light fittings: electric, n.e.s. in heading no. 9405 | $30.5M | +9.5% | 45 | 7209 |
| 49 | HS 200410 | Vegetable preparations: potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen | $45.6M | +11.8% | 12 | 3479 |
| 50 | HS 220830 | Whiskies | $40.7M | +0.8% | 25 | 6186 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [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)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.