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Uruguay


The Republic of Uruguay has a surface of 176,215 sq km. and is located in a privileged place in South America, bordering the Río de la Plata on the south, Argentina on the west, Brazil on the north and the Atlantic Ocean on the east. It population is 3,455,000 inhabitants, and its capital city is Montevideo.

The official language is Spanish, but people are fluent in other languages, such as English. Human resources are highly qualified, and the literacy rate is among the highest of the world: 97%).

The Uruguayan legal system offers wide guaranties to foreign investments in order to promote imports and exports of products.

Thanks to these policies, Uruguay has achieved worldwide recognition as a good place to set up businesses or industries, or to develop services.


FIVISA has been cooperating with this growth process along all these years, and has developed new projects for renowned companies, adapting its value proposal to the needs of its different customers, and setting up branches in all the country to cover small, medium and large projects.

Other data about Uruguay


2004
2005
2006
Gross Domestic Product
PBI Mill. U$S
13.217
16.796
17.530
GDP per capita
U$S
4.078
5.067
5.289
Actual Variation (GDP)
%
12,3
6,6
6,8
Rate of Exchange
$/U$S
26,4
24,15
24
Variation of Consumer Prices Index (CPI)
%
7,6
4,9
6,4

Al 2006
Mill. U$S
 
Exports
U$S 3.653.000
FOB
Imports
U$S 4.097.000
CIF

Links

Banco Central del Uruguay http://www.bcu.gub.uy/
Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas del Uruguay www.mef.gub.uy
Banco Mundial www.worldbank.org
CIA World FactBook https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html