Uruguay’s wool exports hit hard due to coronavirus

According to Uruguay’s “El Pais” report on December 31, due to factors such as unsalable clothing and reduced mutton consumption due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, Uruguay’s dynamic year as of the end of December this year, Wool exports take a hit. Among them, the export of tops was only 53 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 53%. The amount of imports from Uruguay, the original first market, fell by 77%, and its proportion dropped from the original 38% to 18%. It dropped to the second place in the ranking of Uruguay’s tops export market. (No. 1 Germany accounted for 31%); during the same period, Uruguay’s dirty hair exports were only US$39 million, down by more than half year-on-year. CORTELEZZI, an expert from the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Planning and Policy Office of the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay, believes that the development prospects of Uruguay’s wool industry in 2021 largely depend on the global epidemic control situation, and there is still great uncertainty at present. </p