Annual International Trade Statistics by Country (HS)
Publication date: 2024-01-28
Reporting period: 2002 - 2022
Timeseries: 194 million
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Bulgaria | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023

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TOTAL. ALL COMMODITIESBulgariaWorldExportsValue (US$)26,698,780,088.0029,510,574,320.0029,386,540,311.0025,778,745,945.0026,688,182,909.3731,588,418,276.1533,787,143,989.7533,454,448,049.4031,914,703,883.4941,370,856,687.2950,250,282,857.5547,900,556,830.37
Value Growth, YoY (%)-5.2010.53-0.42-12.273.5218.366.96-0.98-4.6029.6221.46-4.67
ImportsValue (US$)32,743,133,695.0034,316,572,909.0034,740,042,449.0029,265,116,176.0028,958,139,912.6034,263,590,069.6637,927,842,259.0837,765,114,126.3835,027,243,632.8946,395,777,342.4258,091,667,019.6753,528,641,323.76
Value Growth, YoY (%)0.764.801.23-15.75-1.0418.3210.69-0.42-7.2432.4525.20-7.85

The value of merchandise exports from Bulgaria totalled $ 47 billion in 2023. Overall commodity exports from Bulgaria decreased by 4.67% compared to 2022. Merchandise exports decreased by $ 2.34 billion (the value of merchandise exports from Bulgaria amounted to $50 billion in 2022)

Bulgaria's exports 2023 by country

Top export destinations of commodities from Bulgaria in 2023:

  • Germany with a share of 13.6% (6.54 billion US$)
  • Romania with a share of 9.2% (4.41 billion US$)
  • Italy with a share of 7.17% (3.43 billion US$)
  • Turkey with a share of 5.76% (2.75 billion US$)
  • Greece with a share of 5.53% (2.65 billion US$)
  • Other Europe, nes with a share of 3.76% (1.8 billion US$)
  • France with a share of 3.27% (1.57 billion US$)
  • Belgium with a share of 3.14% (1.5 billion US$)
  • Spain with a share of 2.61% (1.25 billion US$)
  • Serbia with a share of 2.45% (1.17 billion US$)

Exports structure from Bulgaria in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 11.2% (5.38 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  • 8.09% (3.87 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 7.9% (3.78 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 7.73% (3.7 billion US$): 74 - Copper and articles thereof
  • 4.8% (2.3 billion US$): 10 - Cereals
  • 4.64% (2.22 billion US$): 99 - Commodities not specified according to kind
  • 3.44% (1.65 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 3% (1.44 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • 2.81% (1.34 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 2.54% (1.22 billion US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash

What did Bulgaria export in 2023?

Bulgaria's Top Exports in 2023:

  • 5.57% ($2.67 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
  • 3.51% ($1.68 billion): 1001 - Wheat and meslin.
  • 3.37% ($1.61 billion): 7403 - Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought.
  • 2.56% ($1.22 billion): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
  • 2% ($962 million): 7402 - Unrefined copper; copper anodes for electrolytic refining
  • 1.78% ($854 million): 1512 - Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
  • 1.67% ($800 million): 2616 - Precious metal ores and concentrates
  • 1.57% ($754 million): 1206 - Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken
  • 1.56% ($749 million): 3826 - Biodiesel and mixtures thereof; not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals

The value of merchandise imports to Bulgaria totalled $ 53 billion in 2023. Overall commodity imports to Bulgaria decreased by 7.85% compared to 2022. Merchandise imports decreased by $ 4.56 billion (the value of merchandise imports to Bulgaria was equal to $58 billion in 2022)

Bulgaria's imports 2023 by country

Top trading partners (import sources) of Bulgaria in 2023:

  • Germany with a share of 12.3% (6.63 billion US$)
  • Turkey with a share of 8.21% (4.39 billion US$)
  • Romania with a share of 6.8% (3.64 billion US$)
  • Italy with a share of 6.73% (3.6 billion US$)
  • Russia with a share of 6.55% (3.5 billion US$)
  • China with a share of 5.37% (2.87 billion US$)
  • Greece with a share of 4.39% (2.35 billion US$)
  • Netherlands with a share of 4.09% (2.19 billion US$)
  • Poland with a share of 3.9% (2.08 billion US$)
  • Hungary with a share of 3.49% (1.86 billion US$)

Imports structure to Bulgaria in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 12% (6.47 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  • 11.1% (5.97 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 9.91% (5.3 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 7.66% (4.1 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 4.23% (2.26 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • 4.17% (2.23 billion US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
  • 4.16% (2.22 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 3.37% (1.8 billion US$): 72 - Iron and steel
  • 2.35% (1.26 billion US$): 74 - Copper and articles thereof
  • 2.03% (1.08 billion US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel

What did Bulgaria import in 2023?

Bulgaria's Top Imports in 2023:

  • 5.85% ($3.13 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
  • 3.62% ($1.93 billion): 2603 - Copper ores and concentrates
  • 3.25% ($1.74 billion): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
  • 3.12% ($1.67 billion): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
  • 1.93% ($1.03 billion): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
  • 1.9% ($1.01 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
  • 1.76% ($946 million): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
  • 1.27% ($680 million): 8701 - Tractors (other than tractors of heading 87.09)
  • 1.23% ($660 million): 8541 - Semiconductor devices (e.g. diodes, transistors, semiconductor based transducers); including photovoltaic cells assembled or not in modules or panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) assembled with other LEDs or not, mounted piezo-electric crystals

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Bulgaria | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023