by main trade partners

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    Еxports, imports and trade balance of Bulgaria with main non EU partner countries1 in the period January - May 20242 and 20252
    Countries and territories Exports - FOB Imports - CIF Trade balance - FOB/CIF
    2024 2025 Change compared to the same period of the previous year - % 2024 2025 Change compared to the same period of the previous year - % 2024 2025
    Million BGN Million BGN Million BGN
    Third countries - total 12 454.2 11 887.8 -4.5 16 312.3 17 496.1 7.3 -3 858.1 -5 608.3
    of which:                
    Albania 301.1 104.2 -65.4 41.8 48.3 15.6 259.3 55.9
    Algeria 236.4 636.7 169.3 49.6 13.4 -73.0 186.8 623.3
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 73.3 73.2 -0.1 26.6 29.4 10.5 46.7 43.8
    Brazil 37.2 30.4 -18.3 244.2 397.5 62.8 -207.0 -367.1
    Canada 122.1 159.3 30.5 127.9 275.4 115.3 -5.8 -116.1
    Chile 20.8 22.7 9.1 271.8 96.1 -64.6 -251.0 -73.4
    China 637.8 447.1 -29.9 1 932.3 2 470.6 27.9 -1 294.5 -2 023.5
    Egypt 515.4 219.8 -57.4 1 072.3 396.2 -63.1 -556.9 -176.4
    Georgia 292.3 269.3 -7.9 108.2 306.0 182.8 184.1 -36.7
    Gibraltar 491.5 198.3 -59.7 0.0 0.1 x 491.5 198.2
    India 129.5 159.6 23.2 192.4 193.5 0.6 -62.9 -33.9
    Indonesia 57.6 28.8 -50.0 495.1 32.5 -93.4 -437.5 -3.7
    Iran, Islamic Republic of 133.6 83.1 -37.8 51.1 61.0 19.4 82.5 22.1
    Israel 112.2 115.8 3.2 49.4 71.5 44.7 62.8 44.3
    Japan 62.0 59.3 -4.4 149.3 132.2 -11.5 -87.3 -72.9
    Kazakhstan 82.6 65.9 -20.2 330.1 664.5 101.3 -247.5 -598.6
    Korea, Republic of 209.5 61.9 -70.5 151.6 134.7 -11.1 57.9 -72.8
    Libya 20.9 64.7 209.6 483.4 97.4 -79.9 -462.5 -32.7
    Morocco 175.9 240.0 36.4 90.7 122.9 35.5 85.2 117.1
    Namibia 0.7 4.3 514.3 120.7 10.3 -91.5 -120.0 -6.0
    Norway 56.9 63.1 10.9 316.6 34.8 -89.0 -259.7 28.3
    Peru 8.7 17.9 105.7 392.5 189.7 -51.7 -383.8 -171.8
    Republic of North Macedonia 657.0 648.6 -1.3 381.7 453.4 18.8 275.3 195.2
    Russian Federation 300.5 312.3 3.9 828.0 261.2 -68.5 -527.5 51.1
    Serbia 771.9 682.7 -11.6 792.6 964.7 21.7 -20.7 -282.0
    Singapore 32.1 40.2 25.2 17.6 24.8 40.9 14.5 15.4
    South Africa 109.5 37.9 -65.4 26.5 19.1 -27.9 83.0 18.8
    Switzerland 280.1 275.2 -1.7 354.2 360.2 1.7 -74.1 -85.0
    Taiwan4 37.2 19.9 -46.5 109.7 86.8 -20.9 -72.5 -66.9
    Tunisia 94.3 158.8 68.4 96.6 23.8 -75.4 -2.3 135.0
    Turkiye 2 360.3 2 573.4 9.0 3 566.8 4 776.9 33.9 -1 206.5 -2 203.5
    Ukraine 414.4 432.4 4.3 981.5 919.2 -6.3 -567.1 -486.8
    United Arab Emirates 125.6 137.5 9.5 35.6 53.4 50.0 90.0 84.1
    United Kingdom3 562.7 384.0 -31.8 354.2 309.2 -12.7 208.5 74.8
    United States 799.5 822.1 2.8 380.2 611.2 60.8 419.3 210.9
    Viet Nam 35.8 25.7 -28.2 153.2 178.9 16.8 -117.4 -153.2

    1 Partner country:
    - In case of exports (or dispatches) is the country (or Member State) of final destination of the goods.
    - In case of imports (or arrivals) is the country (or Member State) of consignment of the goods.
    2 Data are preliminary as of July 10, 2025.
    3 The United Kingdom includes: Northern Ireland; Great Britain; Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
    4 Separate customs territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu.
    x' - not applicable.
    0' - a quantity less than half of the unit of measure used.
    Exports, imports and trade balance by groups of countries and main partner countries1 of Bulgaria in the period January - April 20242 and 20252
    Countries, territories and groups of countries Exports - FOB Imports - CIF Trade balance - FOB/CIF
    2024 2025 Change compared to the same period of the previous year - % 2024 2025 Change compared to the same period of the previous year - % 2024 2025
    Million BGN Million BGN Million BGN
    Total 27 821.5 26 498.4 -4.8 31 578.6 33 108.5 4.8 -3 757.1 -6 610.1
    EU 17 706.8 16 957.3 -4.2 18 913.0 18 691.8 -1.2 -1 206.2 -1 734.5
    Austria 462.2 506.7 9.6 788.3 775.8 -1.6 -326.1 -269.1
    Belgium 693.1 372.9 -46.2 636.8 726.9 14.1 56.3 -354.0
    Croatia 406.5 192.2 -52.7 103.1 120.1 16.5 303.4 72.1
    Cyprus 81.1 100.6 24.0 25.7 39.4 53.3 55.4 61.2
    Czechia 559.1 528.6 -5.5 881.2 807.5 -8.4 -322.1 -278.9
    Denmark 127.2 159.5 25.4 167.6 146.0 -12.9 -40.4 13.5
    Estonia 32.0 32.6 1.9 104.8 220.1 110.0 -72.8 -187.5
    Finland 56.7 59.1 4.2 72.7 61.9 -14.9 -16.0 -2.8
    France 949.8 865.5 -8.9 817.4 757.4 -7.3 132.4 108.1
    Germany 4 266.6 3 844.9 -9.9 3 668.1 3 757.4 2.4 598.5 87.5
    Greece 1 444.2 1 459.5 1.1 1 724.9 1 679.6 -2.6 -280.7 -220.1
    Hungary 384.7 389.3 1.2 1 110.8 1 163.0 4.7 -726.1 -773.7
    Ireland 87.1 88.1 1.1 121.6 155.0 27.5 -34.5 -66.9
    Italy 2 028.6 1 900.1 -6.3 1 897.6 1 670.9 -11.9 131.0 229.2
    Latvia 29.9 37.8 26.4 32.0 31.5 -1.6 -2.1 6.3
    Lithuania 68.4 74.4 8.8 84.2 84.7 0.6 -15.8 -10.3
    Luxembourg 10.4 8.3 -20.2 23.8 24.4 2.5 -13.4 -16.1
    Malta 12.3 10.0 -18.7 8.8 5.5 -37.5 3.5 4.5
    Netherlands 522.8 559.6 7.0 1 224.6 1 208.8 -1.3 -701.8 -649.2
    Poland 727.4 756.0 3.9 1 157.0 1 242.3 7.4 -429.6 -486.3
    Portugal 81.6 78.8 -3.4 74.5 84.0 12.8 7.1 -5.2
    Romania 2 279.4 2 584.6 13.4 2 439.3 2 121.1 -13.0 -159.9 463.5
    Slovakia 294.7 275.7 -6.4 405.4 426.3 5.2 -110.7 -150.6
    Slovenia 154.6 120.0 -22.4 292.0 429.1 47.0 -137.4 -309.1
    Spain 526.7 558.7 6.1 537.6 594.0 10.5 -10.9 -35.3
    Sweden 270.8 257.4 -4.9 219.0 163.6 -25.3 51.8 93.8
    Not specified 1 148.9 1 136.4 -1.1 294.2 195.5 -33.5 854.7 940.9
    Non EU countries 10 114.7 9 541.1 -5.7 12 665.6 14 416.7 13.8 -2 550.9 -4 875.6
    CIS3 600.1 572.3 -4.6 899.3 842.6 -6.3 -299.2 -270.3
    of which:                
    Kazakhstan 65.5 49.2 -24.9 2.2 540.7 24 477.3 63.3 -491.5
    Russian Federation 236.1 253.6 7.4 794.6 220.8 -72.2 -558.5 32.8
    OECD4 3 803.9 3 804.7 0.0 4 652.2 5 777.9 24.2 -848.3 -1 973.2
    of which:                
    Canada 107.1 113.7 6.2 122.2 272.1 122.7 -15.1 -158.4
    Chile 18.3 20.3 10.9 189.6 95.3 -49.7 -171.3 -75.0
    Israel 85.0 97.9 15.2 35.6 59.7 67.7 49.4 38.2
    Japan 47.1 48.7 3.4 114.6 108.7 -5.1 -67.5 -60.0
    Korea, Republic of 196.6 51.7 -73.7 109.0 115.2 5.7 87.6 -63.5
    Turkiye 1 836.5 2 125.8 15.8 2 910.8 3 915.8 34.5 -1 074.3 -1 790.0
    United Kingdom5 458.1 291.3 -36.4 287.4 241.5 -16.0 170.7 49.8
    United States 657.1 677.6 3.1 311.6 553.5 77.6 345.5 124.1
    EFTA6 277.2 270.8 -2.3 509.4 331.8 -34.9 -232.2 -61.0
    of which:                
    Norway 47.8 49.8 4.2 228.1 29.6 -87.0 -180.3 20.2
    Switzerland 227.4 218.9 -3.7 279.6 300.5 7.5 -52.2 -81.6
    Countries not included in the upper groups                
    Albania 280.4 83.8 -70.1 32.1 37.5 16.8 248.3 46.3
    Algeria 212.2 522.1 146.0 28.5 2.0 -93.0 183.7 520.1
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 58.9 55.9 -5.1 19.9 21.8 9.5 39.0 34.1
    Brazil 30.3 25.3 -16.5 236.6 389.0 64.4 -206.3 -363.7
    China 575.7 344.3 -40.2 1 542.9 2 077.0 34.6 -967.2 -1 732.7
    Egypt 422.7 152.2 -64.0 835.7 173.4 -79.3 -413.0 -21.2
    Georgia 236.7 211.8 -10.5 69.0 283.0 310.1 167.7 -71.2
    India 99.3 115.3 16.1 141.8 161.6 14.0 -42.5 -46.3
    Indonesia 51.8 23.9 -53.9 271.4 23.7 -91.3 -219.6 0.2
    Iran, Islamic Republic of 104.8 65.1 -37.9 37.8 47.6 25.9 67.0 17.5
    Peru 7.3 13.0 78.1 226.4 188.2 -16.9 -219.1 -175.2
    Republic of North Macedonia 523.7 522.3 -0.3 306.8 368.2 20.0 216.9 154.1
    Serbia 596.5 547.5 -8.2 624.4 780.2 25.0 -27.9 -232.7
    Singapore 28.2 31.6 12.1 16.1 19.6 21.7 12.1 12.0
    South Africa 60.0 29.8 -50.3 23.4 7.0 -70.1 36.6 22.8
    Taiwan7 25.0 14.8 -40.8 89.3 70.6 -20.9 -64.3 -55.8
    Tunisia 88.7 149.2 68.2 67.8 18.7 -72.4 20.9 130.5
    Ukraine 340.3 355.4 4.4 774.0 746.5 -3.6 -433.7 -391.1
    United Arab Emirates 102.8 108.8 5.8 30.1 42.8 42.2 72.7 66.0
    Viet Nam 28.4 20.4 -28.2 109.6 112.9 3.0 -81.2 -92.5

    1 Partner country:
    - In case of exports (or dispatches) is the country (or Member State) of final destination of the goods
    - In case of imports (or arrivals) is the country (or Member State) of consignment of the goods.
    2 Data are preliminary as of July 10, 2025.
    3 CIS includes: Azerbaijan; Armenia; Belarus; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Moldova, Republic of; Russian Federation; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
    4 OECD includes: Australia; Virgin Islands (US); United States; Iceland; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Mexico; New Zealand; Norway; Korea, Republic of; Turkey; United Kingdom; Switzerland; Japan and Israel.
    5 The United Kingdom includes: Northern Ireland; Great Britain; Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
    6 EFTA includes: Norway; Switzerland; Iceland and Liechtenstein.
    7 Separate customs territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu.
    10.07.2025
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    12.08.2025 Trade in goods with third countries - Extrastat - preliminary data - June 2025
    12.08.2025 Trade in goods with the EU Member States - Intrastat, and foreign trade turnover of Bulgaria - preliminary data - May 2025
    12.09.2025 Trade in goods with third countries - Extrastat - preliminary data - July 2025
    12.09.2025 Trade in goods with the EU Member States - Intrastat, and foreign trade turnover of Bulgaria - preliminary data - June 2025
    12.09.2025 Turnover of Bulgaria - 2025 - final data
    10.10.2025 Trade in goods with third countries - Extrastat - preliminary data - August 2025
    10.10.2025 Trade in goods with the EU Member States - Intrastat, and foreign trade turnover of Bulgaria - preliminary data - July 2025
    21.10.2025 Intrastat thresholds - 2025
    11.11.2025 Trade in goods with third countries - Extrastat - preliminary data - September 2025
    11.11.2025 Trade in goods with the EU Member States - Intrastat, and foreign trade turnover of Bulgaria - preliminary data - August 2025
    12.12.2025 Trade in goods with third countries - Extrastat - preliminary data - October 2025
    12.12.2025 Trade in goods with the EU Member States - Intrastat, and foreign trade turnover of Bulgaria - preliminary data - September 2025
    13.01.2026 Trade in goods with third countries - Extrastat - preliminary data - November 2025
    13.01.2026 Trade in goods with the EU Member States - Intrastat, and foreign trade turnover of Bulgaria - preliminary data - October 2025
    10.02.2026 Trade in goods with third countries - Extrastat - preliminary data - December 2025
    10.02.2026 Trade in goods with the EU Member States - Intrastat, and foreign trade turnover of Bulgaria - preliminary data - November 2025
    12.03.2026 Trade in goods with third countries - Extrastat - preliminary data - January 2026
    12.03.2026 Trade in goods with the EU Member States - Intrastat, and foreign trade turnover of Bulgaria - preliminary data - December 2025
    14.04.2026 Trade in goods with third countries - Extrastat - preliminary data - February 2026 - preliminary data
    14.04.2026 Trade in goods with the EU Member States - Intrastat, and foreign trade turnover of Bulgaria - preliminary data - January 2026
    13.05.2026 Trade in goods with third countries - Extrastat - preliminary data - March 2026
    13.05.2026 Trade in goods with the EU Member States - Intrastat, and foreign trade turnover of Bulgaria - preliminary data - February 2026
    11.06.2026 Trade in goods with third countries - Extrastat - preliminary data - April 2026
    11.06.2026 Trade in goods with the EU Member States - Intrastat, and foreign trade turnover of Bulgaria - preliminary data - March 2026
    10.07.2026 Trade in goods with third countries - Extrastat - preliminary data - May 2026
    10.07.2026 Trade in goods with the EU Member States - Intrastat, and foreign trade turnover of Bulgaria - preliminary data - April 2026
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