| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked flow records | 685 | Raw count of trade-flow records in the database naming Uruguay as an origin or destination — a record count, never a summed dollar total. |
| Port coverage | 1of 15 | Ports catalogued for Uruguay with verified cargo statistics tracked on PortIndex. |
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How concentrated Uruguay's trade is across its top partner countries, computed from currently-tracked trade flows (not the historical 1997–2015 World Bank dataset). Measures country-to-country concentration only — Uruguay's trade_flows records don't carry product-level detail to break this down further.
+ 199 more tracked partners not shown above.
Every one of Uruguay's 160 real trading partners reported for 2024 under UN Comtrade (UY) — a complete, deduplicated partner breakdown for this exact country/source/period combination, not a global top-N slice.
Firm-level entry/exit/survival dynamics for Uruguay's exporting firms, whole economy (not broken down by product) so every figure below is a genuine national rate — never an average across incompatible product categories. See /exporter-dynamics to compare Uruguay against all 68 covered countries.
| Metric | Latest value | Year | Trend (2001–2012) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of exporting firms | 1,744 | 2012 | |
| Incumbent exporting firms | 1,123 | 2012 | |
| New entrant exporting firms | 621 | 2012 | |
| Exiting exporting firms | 600 | 2012 | |
| Firm entry rate | 35.6% | 2012 | |
| Firm exit rate | 34.8% | 2012 | |
| Exporter concentration (EDD HHI, 0–1 scale) | 0.014 | 2012 | |
| Product categories exported (distinct HS4 codes) | 792 | 2012 | |
| Avg. export value per exporting firm | $4.3M | 2012 | |
| Median export value per exporting firm | $69.8K | 2012 | |
| Avg. destination countries per exporting firm | 3.1 | 2013 | |
| Median destination countries per exporting firm | 1.0 | 2013 |
The 2012 mean is 61x the median — a small number of large exporting firms account for most of the export value; the typical firm exports far less than the average figure suggests.
Top product categories among Uruguay's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2012 — each row is a real, separately-reported HS2 product category, never combined with another.
| Product category (HS2) | Exporting firms |
|---|---|
| Machinery and mechanical appliances HS 84 | 302 |
| Electrical machinery and equipment HS 85 | 139 |
| Inorganic chemicals HS 28 | 136 |
| Plastics and articles thereof HS 39 | 132 |
| Beverages, spirits, vinegar HS 22 | 126 |
| Articles of iron or steel HS 73 | 102 |
| Optical, medical, precision instruments HS 90 | 94 |
| Works of art, antiques HS 97 | 94 |
Top manufacturing industries among Uruguay's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2012 — each row is a real, separately-reported ISIC industry, never combined with another.
| Manufacturing industry (ISIC) | Exporting firms |
|---|---|
| Meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, oils and fats ISIC 151 | 172 |
| Other chemical products ISIC 242 | 172 |
| Plastics products ISIC 252 | 155 |
| Other fabricated metal products; metalworking ISIC 289 | 138 |
| General purpose machinery ISIC 291 | 131 |
| Beverages ISIC 155 | 128 |
| Special purpose machinery ISIC 292 | 120 |
| Other manufacturing ISIC 369 | 102 |