What is the price of onions per kilogram/pound in Uruguay today?
The retail price range for Uruguay onions is between US$ 1.12 and US$ 3.35 per kilogram or between US$ 0.51 and US$ 1.52 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of onions in Uruguay
The retail price range in Unidad Previsional for onions is between UYI 43.58 and UYI 130.34 per kilogram or between UYI 19.76 and UYI 59.11 per pound(lb) in Montevideo and Salto.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Uruguay onions is between US$ 0.78 and US$ 2.35 per kilogram or between US$ 0.36 and US$ 1.06 per pound(lb).
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Uruguay onions - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Uruguay exported 224 tonnes of onions. Across 2019 alone, the demand for Uruguay onions (vegetables category) has increased, changing by 918.182 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, onions' exports grew by 4380 pc bringing the country US$0.12m for the year 2019. Uruguay's onions exports are categorised as:
- Onions, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid (HS code 200120)
- Fresh or chilled onions and shallots (HS code 070310)
- Onions provisionally preserved, e.g. by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption (HS code 071110)
- Dried onions, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (HS code 071220)
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Uruguay onions export values
In 2019, Uruguay supplied onions with a value of 0.12m USD, an improvement of 328.57% from 2018's total onions export of 0.028m USD. The annual increase in value of Uruguay onions between 2017 to 2018 was 300 per cent.
The annual/yearly variation in the volume of Uruguay's onions exports between 2017 and 2019 was 4380% when compared to a variation of 918.182% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Uruguay onions ( in '000$ )
Uruguay's leading destinations for onions are Brazil, the Maldives, United Kingdom (UK) and Spain.
Uruguay bought 713 tonnes of onions in 2019.
Production
The production of onions in Uruguay was 124,648 tonnes in 2019 and is forecast to change by an average of 0.7%. The country had an estimated 5,560.00 hectares under onions cultivation.