What is the price of cheese per kilogram/pound in Uruguay today?
The retail price range for Uruguay cheese is between US$ 8.24 and US$ 14.51 per kilogram or between US$ 3.74 and US$ 6.58 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of cheese in Uruguay
The retail price range in Unidad Previsional for cheese is between UYI 320.28 and UYI 564.07 per kilogram or between UYI 145.25 and UYI 255.81 per pound(lb) in Montevideo and Salto.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Uruguay cheese is between US$ 5.77 and US$ 10.16 per kilogram or between US$ 2.62 and US$ 4.61 per pound(lb).
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Uruguay cheese - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Uruguay shipped 25,623 tonnes of cheese. Through 2019 alone, the demand for Uruguay cheese (processed category) has gone down, recording a change of -10.24 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cheese's exports decreased by -19.21 pc bringing the country US$106.89m for the year 2019. Uruguay's cheese exports are classified as:
- Processed cheese, not grated or powdered (HS code 040630)
- Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd (HS code 040610)
- Blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti" (HS code 040640)
- Cheese (excluding fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese) (HS code 040690)
- Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds (HS code 040620)
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Uruguay cheese export values
In 2019, Uruguay shipped cheese worth 106.89m USD, a decrease of -11.77% from 2018's total cheese export of 121.151m USD. The annual reduction in value of Uruguay cheese between 2017 to 2018 was -6.066 pc.
The per year change in the quantity of Uruguay's cheese exports between 2017 and 2019 was -19.21% when compared to a variation of -10.24% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Uruguay cheese ( in '000$ )
Uruguay's top export markets for cheese are Mexico, Brazil, Russia, US and Cuba.
Uruguay purchased 3,076 tonnes of cheese in 2019.