Summary
- China → Uruguay
- $2.9billion
- Uruguay → China
- $2.5billion
- China’s balance
- $464million
Balance
China’s trade balance with Uruguay
Trade between China and Uruguay grew 30.1-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 2.9
- Imports 2.5
- Balance +0.5
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $41 million | $139 million | -$98 million |
| 1996 | $60 million | $125 million | -$66 million |
| 1997 | $81 million | $135 million | -$55 million |
| 1998 | $101 million | $90 million | $11 million |
| 1999 | $103 million | $70 million | $33 million |
| 2000 | $145 million | $112 million | $33 million |
| 2001 | $142 million | $113 million | $29 million |
| 2002 | $86 million | $111 million | -$24 million |
| 2003 | $110 million | $105 million | $5 million |
| 2004 | $190 million | $136 million | $54 million |
| 2005 | $268 million | $136 million | $132 million |
| 2006 | $383 million | $181 million | $202 million |
| 2007 | $577 million | $175 million | $402 million |
| 2008 | $956 million | $355 million | $601 million |
| 2009 | $882 million | $490 million | $393 million |
| 2010 | $1.2 billion | $693 million | $505 million |
| 2011 | $1.6 billion | $807 million | $803 million |
| 2012 | $1.8 billion | $1.1 billion | $745 million |
| 2013 | $2.1 billion | $1.6 billion | $432 million |
| 2014 | $2.3 billion | $1.6 billion | $730 million |
| 2015 | $1.8 billion | $1.6 billion | $175 million |
| 2016 | $1.6 billion | $1.4 billion | $233 million |
| 2017 | $1.8 billion | $2.1 billion | -$257 million |
| 2018 | $1.8 billion | $2.1 billion | -$360 million |
| 2019 | $1.7 billion | $2.5 billion | -$782 million |
| 2020 | $1.5 billion | $1.9 billion | -$353 million |
| 2021 | $2.2 billion | $3.1 billion | -$981 million |
| 2022 | $2.5 billion | $3 billion | -$517 million |
| 2023 | $2.5 billion | $2.3 billion | $151 million |
| 2024 | $2.9 billion | $2.5 billion | $464 million |
What they sell each other
What China sells to Uruguay
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Uruguay sells to China
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Montevideo is 11,505 nautical miles (21,308 km) long: ≈ 26.5–34 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore; and Cape of Good Hope.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Uruguay was China’s 88th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and China was Uruguay’s largest (21%).
- Uruguay in China’s trade
- 0.1%
- Uruguay’s rank among China’s partners
- 88th
- China in Uruguay’s trade
- 21.3%
- China’s rank among Uruguay’s partners
- 1st
Compare with
Other partners of China
Other partners of Uruguay
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.