Uruguay
Negotiating · Moderate coverage · Compiled 2026-07-05
24 screening rules
- Labeling: 12 rules — 11 blocking, 1 conditional, 0 advisory
- Additives: 3 rules — 3 blocking, 0 conditional, 0 advisory
- Contaminants & residue limits: 4 rules — 4 blocking, 0 conditional, 0 advisory
- Import & registration: 5 rules — 4 blocking, 1 conditional, 0 advisory
Market profile
- Main food law
- RBN Decreto 315/994 (IMPO HTML)
- Labeling regulation
- In RBN 315/994
- Additives and residue limits
- In RBN 315/994
- National standards body
- UNIT — paywalled; RBN 9a ed. paid
Import and export
Documents to import
- Commercial invoice — Issued by: Exporter/supplier — Mandatory
- Packing list — Issued by: Exporter/supplier — Mandatory
- Bill of lading / airway bill — Issued by: Carrier — Mandatory
- Certificate of origin (non-preferential and preferential forms) — Issued by: Competent body in exporting country — Conditional
- Customs import declaration — Issued by: Importer / licensed customs broker to Dirección Nacional de Aduanas (DNA) — Mandatory
- Health / sanitary certificate from country of origin — Issued by: Competent authority of exporting country — Conditional
- Veterinary (zoosanitary) certificate — Issued by: Official veterinary service of exporting country; checked by MGAP - DGSG — Conditional
- Phytosanitary certificate — Issued by: NPPO of exporting country; checked by MGAP - DGSA — Conditional
- Registro bromatológico del producto (Intendencia / RUNAEV) — Issued by: Intendencia de Montevideo (or departmental) / Congreso de Intendentes — Mandatory
- Importer / facility registration — Issued by: Habilitación bromatológica of importer/warehouse (Intendencia); RUT/DGI; importer registration — Mandatory
- Import permit / licence — Issued by: LATU Certificado de Comercialización (conformity evaluation, SIGLA) per shipment; MGAP import authorisation for animal/plant products — Conditional
- Free sale certificate — Issued by: Authority of exporting country — Conditional
- Certificate of analysis / lab report — Issued by: Accredited lab — Conditional
- Label approval / Spanish or local-language label — Issued by: Intendencias (bromatology, RUNAEV) / MSP; LATU (conformity) — Mandatory
- Halal certificate — Issued by: Recognised halal body — Conditional
- Fumigation certificate / ISPM-15 wood packaging mark — Issued by: Exporter's fumigation provider — Conditional
- Legalisation / apostille of foreign documents — Issued by: Consulate / apostille authority — Conditional
- LATU Certificado de Comercialización de alimentos — Issued by: LATU (SIGLA system) — Mandatory
Documents to export
- Commercial invoice — Issued by: Exporter — Mandatory
- Packing list — Issued by: Exporter — Mandatory
- Bill of lading / airway bill — Issued by: Carrier — Mandatory
- Export customs declaration: DUA de exportación via LUCIA — Issued by: Dirección Nacional de Aduanas (DNA) — Mandatory
- Certificate of origin (preferential/non-preferential) — Issued by: Cámara de Industrias / Cámara Nacional de Comercio / Unión de Exportadores — Conditional
- Export health / sanitary certificate — Issued by: Intendencias (bromatology, RUNAEV) / MSP; LATU (conformity) — Conditional
- Export veterinary certificate — Issued by: MGAP - DGSG — Conditional
- Export phytosanitary certificate — Issued by: MGAP - DGSA — Conditional
- Free sale certificate — Issued by: Intendencias (bromatology, RUNAEV) / MSP; LATU (conformity) — Conditional
- Exporter registration — Issued by: Dirección Nacional de Aduanas (DNA) / export promotion body — Mandatory
- Legalisation / apostille of certificates — Issued by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (apostille) — Conditional
- MGAP export sanitary certificate (DGSG/DGSA) — Issued by: MGAP — Conditional
Government fees
- LATU conformity evaluation fee for imported food (Import) — 0.5% of CIF + IVA
- Tasa consular (Import) — 3% of customs value (being eliminated for Mercosur origin; 0% Mexico FTA)
- Intendencia food product registration (Import) — 5 UR
- Tasa por servicios extraordinarios (DNA) (Import) — Not confirmed — check with the authority
- VAT/GST on imported food (Import) — Not confirmed — check with the authority
Customs single window: LUCIA (DNA) / VUCE Uruguay
Customs duties are not included.
A fee without a confirmed amount is listed by name only.
Official sources
- Decreto 315/994 — Reglamento Bromatológico Nacional (texto consolidado IMPO) (1994) Open the source
- Decreto 272/018 — Rotulado frontal de alimentos (as amended) (2018) Open the source
- Decreto 034/021 — Modificación del rotulado frontal (perfil de nutrientes vigente) (2021) Open the source
- MSP — Manual para la aplicación del rotulado frontal de alimentos (2022) (2022) Open the source
- USDA GAIN — Uruguay Food Exporters Guide (2014) Open the source
- Mercosur GMC Res. 26/03 y 46/03 (rotulación, incorporadas al RBN) (2003) Open the source
Reference documents
- Reglamento Bromatologico Nacional 9a edicion (IMPO 2024) (2024) Open the source
- USDA GAIN — Uruguay Food Exporters Guide (2014) Open the source
- Decreto 315/994 — norma base (IMPO) (1994) Open the source
- Reglamento Bromatologico Nacional — Decreto 315/994 (IMPO) (1994) Open the source
- Reglamento Bromatologico Nacional — 5a edicion PDF (5th ed.) Open the source
- UNIT standards
- USDA FAS Uruguay country page (current) Open the source
Guidance compiled from published sources — not legal clearance. Confirm the requirements with the destination regulator or a licensed advisor before shipping.
Screening guidance based on published standards — not legal clearance. Requirements marked "needs verification" are directional hints; confirm with the destination regulator or a licensed advisor before shipping.