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Uruguay: dairy sector

This page contains data regarding key components of the Uruguay dairy industry over a given time period.

URUGUAY: DAIRY SECTOR
x 1.000 ton
RAW MATERIAL AREA202120222023202420242025%Period
Number of cows ('000) 712 682 693
Milk production ('000) 2.342 2.287 2.177
Deliveries to dairies (Mil Lt) 2.118 2.089 2.114 2.039 1.661 1.734 +4.43% Jan-Oct 2025
Farm-gate prices of raw milk (€ per 100 lt) 29,40 39,63 38,21 36,80 36,80 38,19 +3.79% Jan-Oct 2025
± % Over the same period of the previous year - +34.78% -3.59% -3.69%
DAIRY PRODUCTION 202120222023202420242025%Period
Butter (ton) 20.139 20.889 15.264
Butter oil (ton) 129 761 1.213
Cheese (ton) 60.070 56.517 64.636
Hard cheese (ton) 4.957 3.169 4.311
Semi-hard cheese (ton) 21.010 19.407 18.192
white cheese (ton) 18.466 18.267 25.817
Processed cheese (ton) 14.897 14.490 14.560
Grated and powdered (ton) 739 1.184 1.166
WMP (ton) 154.947 140.882 166.129
SMP (ton) 22.287 27.634 12.898
Fluid Milk (Mil. Lt) 219.000 209.500 247.000
Pasteurized and packaged milk (Mil. Lt) 123.000 114.600 144.000
Packed whole milk (Mil. Lt) 17.000 22.000 28.000
Whole UHT milk in box (Mil. Lt) 34.000 26.600 24.000
Packed skimmed milk (Mil. Lt) 7.000 7.300 9.000
Skimmed UHT milk in box (Mil. Lt) 19.000 16.400 17.000
Flavored milk (Mil. Lt) 1.000 1.000 1.000
Chocolate milk (Mil. Lt) 20.000 21.900 24.000
Dulce de leche (ton) 16.614 16.311 17.547
Custards and desserts (ton) 2.734 2.631 3.295
Ice Cream (ton) 7.996 8.873 8.373
Food preparation (ton) 2.968 9.082 9.100
Buttermilk Powder (ton) 1.622 780 3.604
Yogurt (mil. Lt) 33.000 35.100 42.000
Serum Cheese Powder (ton) 15.973 12.180 18.198
Fresh or unprocessed cream (ton) 6.371 5.442 4.647
EXPORT202120222023202420242025%Period
Bulk and pack. milk TOP importers 7,4 3,0 2,8 5,1 3,7 7,3 +98.90% Jan-Oct 2025
Cream TOP importers 0,0 0,0 1,6 1,3 1,3 1,7 +36.61% Jan-Oct 2025
Yogurt and buttermilk TOP importers 3,4 3,7 2,8 1,0 0,8 0,6 -21.59% Jan-Oct 2025
Condensed Milk TOP importers 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,3 0,3 0,3 -15.97% Jan-Sep 2025
Butter And Other Fats TOP importers 12 17 10 12 9,8 8,7 -11.39% Jan-Oct 2025
of which:
Anhydrous Milk Fat TOP importers 0,1 0,4 1,2 1,1 0,8 0,4 -52.45% Jan-Oct 2025
Cheese TOP importers 26 23 22 21 18 15 -18.08% Jan-Oct 2025
SMP TOP importers 19 27 12 19 15 15 -2.14% Jan-Oct 2025
WMP TOP importers 143 130 156 153 127 136 +7.51% Jan-Oct 2025
Whey TOP importers 13 12 9,3 13 10 8,8 -14.19% Jan-Oct 2025
of which:
Whey also conc. and/or sugary TOP importers 13 12 9,3 13 10 8,8 -14.20% Jan-Oct 2025
Lactose Pharmaceutical TOP importers 0,1 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 -94.06% Jan-Oct 2025
Lactose edible TOP importers 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 -10.38% Jan-May 2025
Fat-Filled Milk Powder (FFMP) TOP importers 3,3 8,3 8,0 7,5 6,3 7,6 +21.10% Jan-Oct 2025
IMPORT202120222023202420242025%Period
Bulk and pack. milk TOP exporters 4,2 4,9 4,1 2,2 1,9 2,1 +15.31% Jan-Oct 2025
Cream TOP exporters 2,5 0,0 0,8 1,3 1,2 0,1 -92.71% Jan-Oct 2025
Yogurt and buttermilk TOP exporters 1,5 2,2 1,0 1,4 1,1 1,3 +19.29% Jan-Oct 2025
Condensed Milk TOP exporters 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,1 1,0 > +1000.00% Jan-Oct 2025
Butter And Other Fats TOP exporters 0,7 1,3 0,9 0,6 0,4 0,8 +87.19% Jan-Oct 2025
Cheese TOP exporters 3,9 3,7 4,5 3,9 3,3 3,4 +6.13% Jan-Oct 2025
SMP TOP exporters 1,3 0,6 0,6 0,7 0,5 0,6 +16.10% Jan-Oct 2025
WMP TOP exporters 0,1 0,0 0,2 0,7 0,2 0,4 +139.70% Jan-Sep 2025
Whey TOP exporters 1,5 2,6 3,2 3,9 3,0 3,2 +4.81% Jan-Oct 2025
of which:
Whey also conc. and/or sugary TOP exporters 0,5 0,8 0,7 0,7 0,5 1,0 +82.11% Jan-Oct 2025
Casein TOP exporters 0,2 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,2 +67.76% Jan-Sep 2025
Caseinates TOP exporters 0,1 0,2 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,1 +68.49% Jan-Aug 2025
Lactose Pharmaceutical TOP exporters 7,7 8,5 9,0 14 13,5 6,1 -54.86% Jan-Oct 2025
Lactose edible TOP exporters 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 -27.34% Jan-Oct 2025
Infant milk formula TOP exporters 1,3 1,5 0,9 0,5 0,4 0,3 -31.71% Jan-Oct 2025
Fat-Filled Milk Powder (FFMP) TOP exporters 2,0 2,1 2,3 2,3 1,9 2,2 +13.34% Jan-Oct 2025
% Self-sufficiency 275,0% 277,4% 317,7%
SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS 2021 2022 2023 2024 2024 2025(f) % Period
Population ('000) 3.397 3.391 3.388 3.387
GDP per capita (U.S. dollars) 16.743 (e) 20.222 (e) 21.677 (e)
GDP per capita (€) * 14.156(e) 19.203(e) 20.048(e)
(e): estimated
* Per capita GDP in Euro is calculated by using the yearly average exchange rate

Source:
Raw material area:: INALE (Instituto Nacional de la Leche); Number of cows and Cow's milk production: FAO;
Dairy production: MGAP-DIEA;
Export and Import: IHS
GDP per capita: International Monetary Found
Population: FAO

Last update: 01-12-2025
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