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Bulgaria: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

57 / 146

Importer Rank

57 / 145

Trade Balance Rank

97 / 145

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2016) $26,087,706,087
Total Imports (2016) $28,875,194,742
Trade Balance (2016) ($2,787,488,655)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2017) [2] 66.33%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2017) [2] 64.8%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
Germany $3,556,181,547
Italy $2,401,460,086
Romania $2,289,608,784
Turkey $2,090,099,891
Greece $1,826,195,009
France $1,176,511,918
Spain $733,103,897
Belgium $715,120,307
Netherlands $706,335,588
United Kingdom $656,321,384

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
Germany $3,787,854,994
Russia $2,580,206,589
Italy $2,288,254,714
Romania $2,006,509,114
Turkey $1,795,931,950
Greece $1,392,616,087
Poland $1,169,153,376
China $1,147,021,933
Spain $1,125,855,595
Hungary $1,103,908,739

Traded Goods [1] (at the 2-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(85) Electrical Machinery $2,531,512,441
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $2,406,161,778
(84) Industrial Machinery $2,082,623,102
(74) Copper $1,682,091,797
(10) Cereals $1,112,362,806
(99) Items nesoi $969,905,809
(62) Apparel: Non Knit $947,272,216
(30) Pharmaceuticals $823,556,997
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $780,327,569
(39) Plastics $741,402,922

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $3,593,348,343
(84) Industrial Machinery $2,905,153,647
(85) Electrical Machinery $2,794,668,091
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $2,133,600,252
(39) Plastics $1,347,517,315
(30) Pharmaceuticals $1,244,188,998
(26) Ores $1,122,246,004
(72) Iron & Steel $881,545,924
(73) Iron & Steel Articles $736,839,210
(38) Chemical Products $675,770,592

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2016) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 9/22/2018
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