Agriculture: wheat, rice, corn, sorghum; livestock; fishing
Exports: $2.3 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities: wool and textile manufactures, beef and other animal
products, leather, rice
partners: Brazil, Argentina, US, China, Italy
Imports: $3.1 billion (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities: machinery and equipment, vehicles, chemicals, minerals,
plastics
partners: Brazil, Argentina, US, Nigeria
External debt: $4.95 billion (1995)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $91 million (1993)
Currency: 1 Uruguayan peso ($Ur) = 100 centesimos
Exchange rates: Uruguayan pesos ($Ur) per US$1 - 7.12 (January
1996), 5.6 (January 1995), 5.0529 (1994), 3.9484 (1993), 3.0270
(1992), 2.0188 (1991)
note: on 1 March 1993 the former new peso (N$Ur) was replaced as
Uruguay's unit of currency by the peso which is equal to 1,000 of
the new pesos
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: 2,070 km (461 km closed; additional 460 km only partially
operational)
standard gauge: 2,070 km 1.435-m gauge