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In focus

EU–Mercosur & trade

EU–Mercosur in practice: what Uruguay’s first assessment shows

Uruguay’s goods exports to the EU grew by 12%, and imports from the EU by 6%. The first assessment shows commercial activity; the benefit for your business depends on the product and transaction.

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URUGUAY · MAY–SEPTEMBER 2026

860USD million

Goods exports to the EU

+12 %Year-on-year change

Early data, not proof of impact

Source: MEF Uruguay · 01.11.2026

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EU–Mercosur & trade

EU–Mercosur and EFTA–Mercosur: which agreement applies to your initiative?

EFTA is the European Free Trade Association: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Its members are outside the EU and have their own Mercosur agreement. Dates and conditions can therefore differ.

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EFTA ≠ EU

4EFTA states

Iceland · Liechtenstein · Norway · Switzerland

01.11.2026Further treaty relationships active

Check application by country pair

EFTA · 03.11.2026

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Markets & market entry

Machinery trade between the EU and Mercosur

The EU sells far more machinery to Mercosur than it buys in the reverse direction. What is traded, and which companies already operate? These figures and examples help put an opportunity in context before preparing a quotation.

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EU → MERCOSUR 4 · 2025

15,653million EUR

Machinery and appliances · HS XVI

1,774million EUR · reverse direction

2025 · Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay, Uruguay

DG Trade · 20.05.2026

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Editorial perspective

Is Transformation Complexity a Technology Problem?

Do International transformation programs collapse because of one dramatic mistake? Probably not. Most of the time, the problems start much earlier and much quieter. A regional team begins adapting processes locally because the original structure does not fully work in practice. Headquarters interprets this as a lack of alignment. Local teams experience the opposite: they […]

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