Editing Economy of Uruguay (section)

===Agriculture, textiles and leather===
{{main|Agriculture in Uruguay}}
Throughout Uruguay's history, their strongest exporting industries have been beef and wool. In the case of beef exports, they have been boosted since Uruguay joined the [[Mercosur]] agreement in 1991 and the country has been able trade with more distant markets, such as Japan. In 2018, it produced 589 thousand tons of beef.<ref>[http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QL Uruguay production in 2018, by FAO]</ref> In the case of wool exports, they have not been doing so well in recent years suffering from other competitors in the market like New Zealand and the fluctuations of its demand during the [[Great Recession|2008 recession]] in the developed world.

As timber refining is being kept within the country, forestry has become a growth industry in recent years. In 2018, the country produced 1.36 million tons of [[rice]], 1.33 million tons of [[soy]], 816 thousand tons of [[maize]], 637 thousand tons of [[barley]], 440 thousand tons of [[wheat]], 350 thousand tons of [[sugar cane]], 106 thousand tons of [[Orange (fruit)|orange]], 104 thousand tons of [[grape]], 90 thousand tons of [[rapeseed]], 87 thousand tons of [[potato]], 76 thousand tons of [[sorghum]], 71 thousand tons of [[tangerine]], 52 thousand tons of [[oats]], 48 thousand tons of [[apple]], in addition to smaller yields of other agricultural products.<ref>[http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC/ Uruguay production in 2018, by FAO]</ref>

[[Liebig Extract of Meat Company]] ran a very large and influential beef extract factory in [[Fray Bentos]] for 100 years.