Key information about Bulgaria Total Exports

• Bulgaria Total Exports recorded 4.2 USD bn in Sep 2025, compared with 3.9 USD bn in the previous month
• Bulgaria Total Exports data is updated monthly, available from Jan 2000 to Sep 2025, with an averaged value of 2.5 USD bn
• The data reached an all-time high of 4.7 USD bn in Jun 2022 and a record low of 314.9 USD mn in Jan 2000

CEIC converts monthly Total Exports into USD. The National Statistical Institute provides Total Exports, FOB, in local currency. Bulgarian National Bank average market exchange rate is used for currency conversion.


Further information about Bulgaria Total Exports

• In the latest reports, Bulgaria Total Exports grew 0.6 % YoY in Sep 2025
• Total Imports recorded 5.4 USD bn in Sep 2025, which registered an increase of 11.5 % year on year
• Bulgaria Trade Balance recorded a deficit of 1.2 USD bn in Sep 2025

Bulgaria's total Exports in 2024 were valued at US$46.64 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Bulgaria's main export partners were: Germany, Romania and Italy. The top three export commodities were: Electrical, electronic equipment; Copper and Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products. Total Imports were valued at US$53.79 Billion. In 2024, Bulgaria had a trade deficit of US$7.16 Billion.

Key information about Bulgaria Total Exports

• Bulgaria Total Exports expanded 0.6 % YoY in Sep 2025, compared with a decrease of 10.2 % YoY in the previous month
• Bulgaria Total Exports Growth data is updated monthly, available from Jan 2001 to Sep 2025, with an averaged rate of -9.3 %
• The data reached an all-time high of 71.1 % in Jan 2011 and a record low of -39.3 % in Apr 2009

CEIC calculates Total Exports Growth from monthly Total Exports. The National Statistical Institute provides Total Exports, FOB, in local currency.


Further information about Bulgaria Total Exports

• In the latest reports, Bulgaria Total Exports recorded 4.2 USD bn in Sep 2025
• Total Imports recorded 5.4 USD bn in Sep 2025, which registered an increase of 11.5 % year on year
• Bulgaria Trade Balance recorded a deficit of 1.2 USD bn in Sep 2025

Exports in Bulgaria increased to 7072.50 BGN Million in September from 6496.90 BGN Million in August of 2025. This dataset provides - Bulgaria Exports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Overall, Bulgaria's total export value has increased since 2001, peaking in 2022 at 48 billion euros. In 2023, the value of exported goods slightly dropped to approximately 44.2 billion euros.

Key information about Bulgaria Total Exports to USA

• Bulgaria Total Exports to USA recorded 73.260 USD mn in Aug 2025, compared with 104.105 USD mn in the previous Jul 2025
• Bulgaria Total Exports to USA data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1981 to Aug 2025, with an averaged value of 22.810 USD mn
• The data reached an all-time high of 126.925 USD mn in Mar 2023 and a record low of 0.273 USD mn in May 1982

CEIC converts monthly Total Exports to USA into USD. Bulgarian National Bank provides Total Exports to USA, FOB, in local currency. Bulgarian National Bank average market exchange rate is used for currency conversion. Total Exports to USA prior to January 1999 is sourced from the International Monetary Fund.

Bulgaria Exports to United States was US$1.11 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Bulgaria Exports to United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on November of 2025.

Key information about Bulgaria Total Imports

• Bulgaria Total Imports recorded 5.4 USD bn in Sep 2025, compared with a value of 4.5 USD bn in the previous month
• Bulgaria Total Imports data is updated monthly, available from Jan 2000 to Sep 2025, with an average number of 2.8 USD bn
• The data reached an all-time high of 5.5 USD bn in Jun 2022 and a record low of 432.3 USD mn in Apr 2000

CEIC converts monthly Total Imports into USD. The National Statistical Institute provides Total Imports, CIF, in local currency. Bulgarian National Bank average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions.


Further information about Bulgaria Total Imports

• In the latest reports, Bulgaria Total Imports grew 11.5 % YoY in Sep 2025
• Total Exports grew 0.6 % YoY, to 4.2 USD bn in Sep 2025
• Bulgaria Trade Balance recorded a deficit of 1.2 USD bn in Sep 2025

. The National Statistical Institute provides Total Exports and Total Imports in local currency. Bulgarian National Bank average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Trade Balance prior to January 2000 is sourced from the International Monetary Fund.

Further information about Bulgaria's Trade Balance

• In the latest reports, Bulgaria's Total Exports reached 4.2 USD bn in Sep 2025, an increase of 11.5% YoY (year-on-year)
• Total Imports recorded 5.4 USD bn in Sep 2025, an increase of 11.5% YoY (year-on-year)

Bulgaria BG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Within Region data was reported at 15.253 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 15.207 % for 2022. Bulgaria BG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Within Region data is updated yearly, averaging 15.253 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2023, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 25.269 % in 1995 and a record low of 0.178 % in 1989. Bulgaria BG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Within Region data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.;World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.;Weighted average;

United States Exports to Bulgaria was US$488.25 Million during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Exports to Bulgaria - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on November of 2025.

Bulgaria BG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: South Asia data was reported at 0.689 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.289 % for 2022. Bulgaria BG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: South Asia data is updated yearly, averaging 0.722 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2023, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.255 % in 1982 and a record low of 0.281 % in 2005. Bulgaria BG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: South Asia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.;World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.;Weighted average;

Bulgaria BG: Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: The Arab World data was reported at 5.787 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.378 % for 2022. Bulgaria BG: Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: The Arab World data is updated yearly, averaging 5.377 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2023, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.410 % in 1981 and a record low of 2.224 % in 2003. Bulgaria BG: Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: The Arab World data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise exports by the reporting economy to economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.;World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.;Weighted average;

Bulgaria BG: Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: Residual data was reported at 0.007 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.001 % for 2022. Bulgaria BG: Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: Residual data is updated yearly, averaging 0.010 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2023, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.332 % in 1989 and a record low of 0.000 % in 1986. Bulgaria BG: Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: Residual data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Merchandise exports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of exports by the reporting economy to high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy.;World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.;Weighted average;

Bulgaria BG: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data was reported at 4.532 % in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 10.972 % for 2019. Bulgaria BG: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data is updated yearly, averaging 13.836 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2020, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.460 % in 2003 and a record low of 4.532 % in 2020. Bulgaria BG: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Their share in exports is calculated as a ratio to exports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, and IMF and World Bank exports estimates.;Weighted average;

Bulgaria BG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Outside Region data was reported at 11.128 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 9.946 % for 2022. Bulgaria BG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Outside Region data is updated yearly, averaging 9.258 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2023, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28.607 % in 1985 and a record low of 4.793 % in 2002. Bulgaria BG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Outside Region data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.;World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.;Weighted average;

Key information about Bulgaria Total Imports Growth

• Bulgaria Total Imports grew 11.5 % YoY in Sep 2025, compared with a decrease of 2.8 % YoY in the previous month
• Bulgaria Total Imports Growth data is updated monthly, available from Jan 2001 to Sep 2025, with an averaged rate of -11.1 %
• The data reached an all-time high of 58.7 % in Jun 2022 and a record low of -41.2 % in Jun 2009

CEIC calculates Total Imports Growth from monthly Total Imports. The National Statistical Institute provides Total Imports, CIF, in local currency.


Further information about Bulgaria Total Imports Growth

• In the latest reports, Bulgaria Total Imports recorded 5.4 USD bn in Sep 2025
• Total Exports reached 4.2 USD bn in Sep 2025, which registered an increase of 0.6 % year on year
• Bulgaria Trade Balance recorded a deficit of 1.2 USD bn in Sep 2025

Bulgaria BG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Latin America & The Caribbean data was reported at 0.569 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.583 % for 2022. Bulgaria BG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Latin America & The Caribbean data is updated yearly, averaging 0.790 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2023, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.890 % in 1994 and a record low of 0.300 % in 2014. Bulgaria BG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Latin America & The Caribbean data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.;World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.;Weighted average;

Bulgaria Exports to Turkey was US$3.19 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Bulgaria Exports to Turkey - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on December of 2025.

Bulgaria BG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Middle East & North Africa data was reported at 5.206 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.872 % for 2022. Bulgaria BG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Middle East & North Africa data is updated yearly, averaging 4.318 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2023, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.534 % in 1985 and a record low of 1.977 % in 2003. Bulgaria BG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Middle East & North Africa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.;World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.;Weighted average;