71238 v2 Uruguay: Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 2007 GDP 2007 GDP 2007 Share 2007 Trade Membership No. of RTAs/ EIAs (millions) per capita in World Trade per capita GATT WTO Goods Services $21,404 $6,422 0.04% $3,918 1953 1995 3 1 Uruguay TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ LAC Ranking Decile TP Upper mid inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 71 6 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 67 6 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) 109 7 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) 79 6 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 9 1 TF IE ‡ Rankings are based on the "representative" indicators (in bold) in each group below for the latest year Outer bound represents best value in latest year TRADE POLICY (TP)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Trade Tariff Restrictiveness Index (MFN applied tariffs)& 12.0 6.6 6.4 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 4.0 2.6 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. 12.0 10.9 * (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) 12.2 13.4 10.7 10.5 Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate 27.2 42.0 35.0 35.0 Agriculture - simple avg (%) 11.3 12.1 10.1 10.1 Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) 12.3 13.5 10.8 10.6 duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) 11.3 11.1 7.4 7.3 MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) 8.8 11.9 37.8 37.3 * Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) 11.3 6.9 3.2 3.1 Nontariff measures Agriculture 13.6 6.3 4.1 2.8 Nonagriculture 11.0 7.0 3.1 3.2 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. 5.8 6.7 * LAC Upper mid inc Uruguay Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) 4.7 5.5 5.3 Agriculture .. 6.6 5.7 5.5 Nonagriculture .. 4.1 5.9 5.7 Import duties (% of imports) 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.3 * Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) 19.2 18.0 20.9 21.0 Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) 2.5 1.4 0.0 0.0 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) .. 48.3 .. .. LAC Upper mid inc Uruguay Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 14.8 14.8 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 3.6 2.8 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 25.2 19.8 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 15.7 12.3 5.7 4.1 * MFN duty free Agriculture 24.7 20.1 10.2 7.0 * (exports) Nonagriculture 8.4 6.7 2.2 2.1 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 8.2 15.2 20.9 19.9 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) 45.4 26.4 23.7 24.1 * Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. 94.1 89.2 * 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. 0.7 0.8 * LAC Upper mid inc Uruguay Real effective exchange rate (% change,+ =apprec.) 2.9 -7.1 5.4 12.7 ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used(noted by *). For more infor., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008. ŸMFN: most favored nation; NTM: nontariff measures; MA: market access; ROW: rest of the world; FTA: free trade agreement; CU: customs union; WTO: World Trade Organization GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; WGI: World Government Indicators; ".." indicates missing value; RTA/EIA: regional trade arrangement / economic integration arrangement; & 2007 are preliminary estimates Uruguay Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. 113 109 Starting a business (rank) .. .. 155 120 Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. 98 120 Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. 40 99 Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.46 0.45 0.57 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.41 0.41 0.49 .. LAC Upper mid inc Uruguay WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.69 0.83 0.96 .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. 2.5 2.5 * Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. 2.3 2.3 * Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. 2.4 2.4 * International transportation costs .. .. 2.4 2.4 * Logistics competence .. .. 2.5 2.5 * Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. 2.6 2.6 * Across Borders Domestic transportation costs .. .. 2.8 2.8 * Timeliness of shipment .. .. 3.0 3.0 * Other trade facilitation indicators UNCTAD Shipping Doing Business - Trading Across Borders (rank out of 181) .. 129 127 No. of documents required for exports .. .. 10 10 No. of days process required for exports .. .. 27 27 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 925 1,100 per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 10 10 No. of days process required for imports .. .. 23 22 Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 1,180 1,330 enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. 16.6 21.3 Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 27.4 44.2 96.6 119.6 * 0 Lowest 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 5.2 2.4 .. .. LAC Upper mid inc Uruguay Internet usage (per 100 people) 4.5 13.3 25.0 29.2 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) 89.9 104.6 101.1 101.0 * TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 3.8 1.8 12.4 20.9 25 Exports 2.9 4.3 13.3 17.1 20 20.9 Imports 4.7 -0.5 11.6 25.0 15 12.4 Other trade outcome indicators 10 9.1 8.8 7.9 5.9 6.4 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 38.3 46.1 59.4 64.6 5 5.0 3.8 3.7 1.8 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 0.8 2.1 5.3 2.8 0 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 World trade share growth (%) -3.1 -6.5 3.3 15.1 Trade Growth Rate Exports -3.5 -4.7 1.1 10.8 Uruguay LAC Upper mid inc Imports -2.8 -8.2 5.8 19.6 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 64.8 70.1 74.8 75.7 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture 39.3 42.3 47.6 48.6 * Manufacturing 24.5 26.0 23.8 24.0 * Service, Mining, fuel and others 1.0 1.9 3.7 3.4 * 25.2 Service share in total exports (%) 35.2 29.9 25.2 24.2 Agric, Tourism 17.8 14.8 11.3 11.9 * Mining, 47.6 Transportation 8.6 9.4 8.8 8.9 * 3.7 Other services 8.8 5.6 5.2 5.1 * Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 16.8 18.3 22.0 22.8 * Manuf, Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 38.3 30.1 27.8 25.3 * 23.8 Top 5 exports share (% of merchandise exports) .. .. 42.4 40.0 * Top 5 exports (SITC Rev. 2; 3 digit) Beef[11], Leather[611], Rice[42], Oil seeds[222],Wool/animal hair[268] ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used (noted by *). For more info., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008 ## Most outcome indicators (mostly through 2007) are from the WDI (World Bank, Data Group), UNCTAD or COMTRADE; for filling gaps and 2008, data from the Prospects Group are used.