Shipped Where
Imported from Uruguay, 2025
$1.6 billion
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among sources
#77 of 218
Arrived by ship
94%

Uruguay is the 77th largest source of US imports: $1.6 billion in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The top product line is frozen beef.

What the US buys from Uruguay

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. 01Frozen beef$696M · 44.0%
  2. 02Chemical woodpulp, soda or sulfate, other than dissolving grades$204M · 12.9%
  3. 03Fresh and chilled beef$104M · 6.6%
  4. 04Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects$67.8M · 4.3%
  5. 05Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures based on one or more$60.6M · 3.8%
  6. 06Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats$57.3M · 3.6%
  7. 07Lumber$56.4M · 3.6%
  8. 08Orthopedic and implantable devices$42.4M · 2.7%
All 23 products from Uruguay
  1. 09Plywood$37.8M · 2.4%
  2. 10Citrus fruit, fresh or dried$30M · 1.9%
  3. 11Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses etc.$28.3M · 1.8%
  4. 12Honey$20.7M · 1.3%
  5. 13Soybeans, whether or not broken$14.2M · 0.9%
  6. 14Gold$9.6M · 0.6%
  7. 15Fruit juice$9.3M · 0.6%
  8. 16Essential oils, concretes and absolutes$9.3M · 0.6%
  9. 17Fish, frozen$7.1M · 0.5%
  10. 18Molluscs$6.4M · 0.4%
  11. 19Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken$3.7M · 0.2%
  12. 20Wine$3.2M · 0.2%
  13. 21Medical instruments$3M · 0.2%
  14. 22Cookies, crackers & baked goods$3M · 0.2%
  15. 23Articles of wood, not elsewhere specified$2.8M · 0.2%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

US imports from Uruguay by year

Total value of goods, in nominal dollars. Labels mark the first year, the peak and the latest year.

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from Uruguay, 2025. Letters match the list.

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94% of goods from Uruguay arrived by ship. Philadelphia, PA handled 44% on its own, more than the next five ports combined.

  1. APhiladelphia, PA $694M · 43.9%
  2. BHouston, TX $144M · 9.1%
  3. CNewark, NJ $100M · 6.3%
  4. DBaltimore, MD $94.7M · 6.0%
  5. EPort Arthur, TX $77M · 4.9%
  6. FMiami Airport, FL $69.3M · 4.4%

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