Relationship dossier
South Africa
Uruguay
Relationship assessment
Trade cooperation through the SACU–Mercosur preferential trade agreement
South Africa toward Uruguay
+15South Africa participates through the Southern African Customs Union in a preferential trade agreement with Mercosur, of which Uruguay is a member. This provides a trade framework relevant to South Africa’s economic relations with Uruguay.
Uruguay toward South Africa
+15Uruguay participates through Mercosur in a preferential trade agreement with the Southern African Customs Union, of which South Africa is a member. This provides a trade framework relevant to Uruguay’s economic relations with South Africa.
Overall relationship
+15The principal known cooperative feature is the SACU–Mercosur preferential trade framework, which links the two countries through their regional economic groupings. The broader scope and intensity of direct bilateral cooperation are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
South Africa and Uruguay participate in a preferential trade agreement between the Southern African Customs Union and Mercosur. This provides a concrete framework for trade cooperation, though the relationship’s wider bilateral scope is unclear.
Key developments
The Southern African Customs Union and Mercosur signed a preferential trade agreement, creating a trade framework that includes South Africa and Uruguay through their respective regional groupings.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of direct bilateral cooperation beyond the regional trade framework is unclear.
- The implementation and practical effects of the preferential trade arrangement on bilateral commerce are unclear.