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Tag: Uruguay soybean

  • Friday, September 2nd 2022 - 18:26 UTC

    Uruguayan exports keep blooming

    Meat remained the main export product after an increase of 26.6%, mainly due to higher sales to China, the United States, and the Netherlands.

    According to an Uruguayan Exporters Union (UEU) report released Thursday, orders from abroad have increased by 28% interannually, reaching a total of US$ 1.076 billion.

  • Friday, April 22nd 2016 - 07:14 UTC

    Floods in Uruguay have 10.000 people displaced and losses are estimated in a billion dollars

    The latest report indicates that 10.097 people have been forced to abandon their homes:  2.656 had to be evacuated while 7.699 did it on their own means

    Uruguay's emergency committee reported on Thursday another death and over 10.000 people displaced because of widespread floods that followed a tornado and several days pouring rain. The ninth victim is a farmhand who fell off his horse while trying to cross an overflowed canal. A few hours before the body of a missing farmer was found kilometers down a river that sucked him while he was trying to save cattle.