Exports—commodities: wool and textile manufactures, beef and other animal products, rice, fish and shellfish, chemicals
Exports—partners: Brazil, Argentina, US, Germany, Italy, UK
Imports: $3.7 billion (c.i.f., 1997)
Imports—commodities: machinery and equipment, vehicles,
chemicals, minerals, plastics, oil
Imports—partners: Brazil, Argentina, US, Italy, Germany, France,
Spain
Debt—external: $4.6 billion (1996 est.)
Economic aid—recipient: $79.7 million (1995)
Currency: 1 Uruguayan peso ($Ur) = 100 centesimos
Exchange rates: Uruguayan pesos ($Ur) per US$1—11.08 (January 1999), 9.98 (January 1998), 9.4418 (1997), 7.9718 (1996), 6.3491 (1995), 5.0529 (1994)
Fiscal year: calendar year