The Business Year

With forestry accounting for 6% of GDP, Uruguay used Uruforest 2026 to chart how technology and higher-value products can drive its next phase of growth.

Uruguay boasts over a million hectares of planted forests, putting it on par with Ukraine, Vietnam, Turkey, and Argentina. Uruguay’s forests are populated mainly by the Eucalyptus and Pinus species. Iti s from Eucalyptus that much of Uruguay’s tree pulp is produced, from which cellulose is derived. Today, Uruguay is Latin America’s second-largest producer of cellulose, which is used as a raw material for paper, a structural component in textiles, a food additive, and an excipient in pharmaceuticals.

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