What is the price of yerba mate per kilogram/pound in Uruguay today?
The retail price range for Uruguay yerba mate is between US$ 4.79 and US$ 8.63 per kilogram or between US$ 2.17 and US$ 3.91 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of yerba mate in Uruguay
The retail price range in Unidad Previsional for yerba mate is between UYI 186.18 and UYI 335.42 per kilogram or between UYI 84.44 and UYI 152.12 per pound(lb) in Montevideo and Salto.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Uruguay yerba mate is between US$ 3.35 and US$ 6.04 per kilogram or between US$ 1.52 and US$ 2.74 per pound(lb).
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Uruguay yerba mate - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Uruguay exported 208 tonnes of yerba mate. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Uruguay yerba mate (processed category) has escalated, recording a change of 45.455 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, yerba mate's exports grew by 66.4 percent bringing the exporter US$0.85m for the year 2019. Uruguay's yerba mate exports are classified as:
- Mate (HS code 090300)
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Uruguay yerba mate export values
In 2019, Uruguay supplied yerba mate valued at 0.85m USD, an improvement of 35.14% from 2018's total yerba mate export of 0.629m USD. The annual growth in value of Uruguay yerba mate between 2017 to 2018 was 16.481%.
The per year change in the volume of Uruguay's yerba mate exports between 2017 and 2019 was 66.4% in comparison to a variation of 45.455% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Uruguay's stake of the world's total yerba mate's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked number 25 in world exports of yerba mate.
Export markets for Uruguay yerba mate ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Uruguay is a net exporter of yerba mate. The annual growth of Uruguay yerba mate in value between 2015 to 2019 was -17%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was -16%, per annum.
Uruguay imported 30,581 tonnes of yerba mate in 2019.