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About

Uruguay-Switzerland Trade: In 2022, Uruguay exported $30M to Switzerland. The main products that Uruguay exported to Switzerland were Bovine Meat ($20.5M), Gold ($4.73M), and Sheep and Goat Meat ($802k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Uruguay to Switzerland have decreased at an annualized rate of 14%, from $63.7M in 2017 to $30M in 2022.

In 2022, Uruguay did not export any services to Switzerland.

Switzerland-Uruguay Trade: In 2022, Switzerland exported $109M to Uruguay. The main products that Switzerland exported to Uruguay were Packaged Medicaments ($40.2M), Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($25.9M), and Base Metal Watches ($11.1M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Switzerland to Uruguay have decreased at an annualized rate of 1.87%,  from $120M in 2017 to $109M in 2022.

In 2019, Switzerland exported services to Uruguay worth $112k, with Travel ($112k) being the largest in terms of value.

Comparison: In 2022,  Uruguay ranked 57 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.15), and 98 in total exports ($12B). That same year, Switzerland ranked 2 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.97), and 17 in total exports ($402B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Uruguay exported $30M to Switzerland. The main products exported from Uruguay to Switzerland were Bovine Meat ($20.5M), Gold ($4.73M), and Sheep and Goat Meat ($802k). During the last 5 years the exports of Uruguay to Switzerland have decreased at an annualized rate of 14%, from $63.7M in 2017 to $30M in 2022.

In 2017, Switzerland exported $109M to Uruguay. The main products exported from Switzerland to Uruguay were Packaged Medicaments ($40.2M), Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($25.9M), and Base Metal Watches ($11.1M). During the last 5 years the exports of Switzerland to Uruguay have decreased at an annualized rate of 1.87%, from $120M in 2022 to $109M in 2017.

Exports from Uruguay (Flag) to Switzerland (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Switzerland (Flag) to Uruguay (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between Uruguay (Flag) and Switzerland (Flag)

Uruguay Exports

Switzerland Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Uruguay
Top Destination
China$2.89B
Switzerland
Top Destination
United States$61.7B

This map shows whether countries import more from Uruguay or Switzerland. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Uruguay and Switzerland or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Uruguay than Switzerland included Argentina ($999M), Paraguay ($149M), and Guatemala ($128M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Switzerland than Uruguay included United States ($61.7B), Germany ($53.5B), and China ($44.1B).

Difference in imports from Switzerland (Flag) and Uruguay (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Uruguay - Switzerland

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Uruguay and Switzerland by product, considering products traded by both, Uruguay and Switzerland.

During 2022, Uruguay had a large net trade with Switzerland in the exports of Animal Products ($22M), Precious Metals ($4.77M), and Vegetable Products ($1.42M).

During 2017, Switzerland had a large net trade with Uruguay in the exports of Chemical Products ($73.8M), Instruments ($19.6M), and Machines ($7.34M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Sort By
Top Product Potential Uruguay Switzerland+$2.24MGold
Top Product Potential Switzerland Uruguay+$7.77MPackaged Medicaments

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Bilateral Service Trade

In 2019, Switzerland exported services to Uruguay worth $112k, with Travel ($112k) being the largest in terms of value.

Service trade data is presented based on availability.

Services Exports from Switzerland (Flag) to Uruguay (Flag) (2019)

Service Trade

Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Uruguay and Switzerland. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Uruguay indicates it has a comparative advantage over Switzerland. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Switzerland indicates it has a comparative advantage over Uruguay.

Product Space of Uruguay (Flag) and Switzerland (Flag) (2022)

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