What is the price of maize per kilogram/pound in Uruguay today?
The retail price range for Uruguay maize is between US$ 2.84 and US$ 3.04 per kilogram or between US$ 1.29 and US$ 1.38 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of maize in Uruguay
The retail price range in Unidad Previsional for maize is between UYI 110.38 and UYI 117.99 per kilogram or between UYI 50.06 and UYI 53.51 per pound(lb) in Montevideo and Salto.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Uruguay maize is between US$ 1.99 and US$ 2.13 per kilogram or between US$ 0.90 and US$ 0.96 per pound(lb).
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Uruguay maize - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Uruguay sold 895,104 tonnes of maize. Across 2019 alone, the demand for Uruguay maize (cereals/grains category) has improved, flactuating by 91611.475 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, maize's exports went up by 192810.34 percent bringing the nation US$142.51m for the year 2019. Uruguay's maize exports are classified as:
- Hulled, pearled, sliced, kibbled or otherwise worked maize grains (excluding rolled, flaked, pellets and flour) (HS code 110423)
- Maize (excluding seed for sowing) (HS code 100590)
- Maize seed for sowing (HS code 100510)
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Uruguay maize export values
In 2019, Uruguay exported maize with a value of 142.51m USD, a growth of 3,626.73% from 2018's total maize export of 3.824m USD. The yearly change in value of Uruguay maize between 2017 to 2018 was 17.157 per cent.
The annual change in the volume of Uruguay's maize exports between 2017 and 2019 was 192810.34% compared to a variation of 91611.475% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Uruguay maize ( in '000$ )
Uruguay's best performing export markets for maize are Senegal, Libya, Italy, France and the Netherlands.
Uruguay purchased 4,068,096 tonnes of maize in 2019.
Production
The production of maize in Uruguay was 19,599,576 tonnes in 2019 and is projected to change by an average of 163.74%. The country had an estimated 2,570,136.00 hectares under maize cultivation.