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Exports, imports and trade balance by groups of countries and main partner countries1 of Bulgaria in the period January - February 20242 and 20252
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
Third countries - total 4 717.8 4 526.3 -4.1 5 835.9 6 840.0 17.2 -1 118.1 -2 313.7
of which:                
Albania 124.3 38.3 -69.2 16.6 19.8 19.3 107.7 18.5
Algeria 92.0 259.3 181.8 25.4 1.4 -94.5 66.6 257.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 30.2 25.5 -15.6 8.5 10.2 20.0 21.7 15.3
Brazil 15.4 11.9 -22.7 58.6 161.7 175.9 -43.2 -149.8
Canada 65.4 33.4 -48.9 29.8 61.3 105.7 35.6 -27.9
Chile 9.4 6.2 -34.0 141.5 1.7 -98.8 -132.1 4.5
China 257.7 135.4 -47.5 636.1 1 084.1 70.4 -378.4 -948.7
Egypt 169.0 91.3 -46.0 345.0 74.4 -78.4 -176.0 16.9
Georgia 68.3 109.6 60.5 24.8 129.4 421.8 43.5 -19.8
Gibraltar 186.3 141.7 -23.9 0.0 0.0 x 186.3 141.7
India 43.9 52.9 20.5 80.4 65.9 -18.0 -36.5 -13.0
Indonesia 18.9 11.8 -37.6 133.2 9.4 -92.9 -114.3 2.4
Iran, Islamic Republic of 52.9 30.4 -42.5 16.0 17.3 8.1 36.9 13.1
Israel 47.2 51.4 8.9 19.0 24.8 30.5 28.2 26.6
Japan 21.4 21.4 0.0 68.9 51.2 -25.7 -47.5 -29.8
Kazakhstan 31.4 22.3 -29.0 0.7 378.4 53 957.1 30.7 -356.1
Korea, Republic of 134.9 27.8 -79.4 48.9 61.4 25.6 86.0 -33.6
Libya 6.0 17.9 198.3 189.3 85.8 -54.7 -183.3 -67.9
Morocco 64.6 128.3 98.6 28.7 31.2 8.7 35.9 97.1
Namibia 0.0 1.4 x 0.0 5.2 x 0.0 -3.8
Norway 17.8 25.0 40.4 27.4 14.7 -46.4 -9.6 10.3
Peru 4.3 5.2 20.9 161.5 52.1 -67.7 -157.2 -46.9
Republic of North Macedonia 256.0 258.7 1.1 135.2 169.7 25.5 120.8 89.0
Russian Federation 103.0 101.2 -1.7 448.9 122.5 -72.7 -345.9 -21.3
Serbia 219.0 274.1 25.2 304.1 345.8 13.7 -85.1 -71.7
Singapore 17.3 18.2 5.2 6.0 8.7 45.0 11.3 9.5
South Africa 45.7 14.3 -68.7 15.0 4.9 -67.3 30.7 9.4
Switzerland 110.4 109.2 -1.1 123.2 135.9 10.3 -12.8 -26.7
Taiwan4 12.4 6.6 -46.8 43.6 39.1 -10.3 -31.2 -32.5
Tunisia 64.6 119.7 85.3 62.5 9.3 -85.1 2.1 110.4
Turkiye 828.7 945.7 14.1 1 453.2 1 681.2 15.7 -624.5 -735.5
Ukraine 176.8 192.1 8.7 377.7 373.6 -1.1 -200.9 -181.5
United Arab Emirates 46.1 45.1 -2.2 16.1 24.9 54.7 30.0 20.2
United Kingdom3 223.0 120.0 -46.2 110.1 117.8 7.0 112.9 2.2
United States 323.3 332.2 2.8 123.9 265.8 114.5 199.4 66.4
Viet Nam 12.3 9.1 -26.0 45.5 68.8 51.2 -33.2 -59.7

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 April 11, 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 January 20242 and 20252
Countries 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 6 373.9 6 213.1 -2.5 7 418.2 8 187.6 10.4 -1 044.3 -1 974.5
EU 4 095.0 4 174.5 1.9 4 534.1 4 416.4 -2.6 -439.1 -241.9
Austria 114.6 110.0 -4.0 187.6 167.9 -10.5 -73.0 -57.9
Belgium 311.5 90.6 -70.9 143.4 182.3 27.1 168.1 -91.7
Croatia 127.0 54.5 -57.1 20.9 22.9 9.6 106.1 31.6
Cyprus 16.8 19.3 14.9 5.3 10.3 94.3 11.5 9.0
Czechia 130.0 124.1 -4.5 219.5 171.2 -22.0 -89.5 -47.1
Denmark 27.8 51.9 86.7 54.2 35.8 -33.9 -26.4 16.1
Estonia 7.6 7.3 -3.9 29.7 42.4 42.8 -22.1 -35.1
Finland 14.3 12.5 -12.6 16.5 14.7 -10.9 -2.2 -2.2
France 219.2 226.4 3.3 189.9 184.7 -2.7 29.3 41.7
Germany 924.7 982.1 6.2 875.9 875.3 -0.1 48.8 106.8
Greece 341.8 347.1 1.6 491.2 444.1 -9.6 -149.4 -97.0
Hungary 84.3 93.8 11.3 280.6 266.0 -5.2 -196.3 -172.2
Ireland 20.4 18.9 -7.4 22.4 40.0 78.6 -2.0 -21.1
Italy 468.2 474.4 1.3 413.3 367.8 -11.0 54.9 106.6
Latvia 5.8 9.0 55.2 6.0 7.9 31.7 -0.2 1.1
Lithuania 18.1 18.2 0.6 11.9 18.2 52.9 6.2 0.0
Luxembourg 2.9 1.7 -41.4 5.5 7.1 29.1 -2.6 -5.4
Malta 3.7 2.5 -32.4 2.4 1.1 -54.2 1.3 1.4
Netherlands 115.2 176.9 53.6 292.9 291.0 -0.6 -177.7 -114.1
Poland 173.1 191.3 10.5 258.6 314.0 21.4 -85.5 -122.7
Portugal 13.8 20.6 49.3 16.0 32.1 100.6 -2.2 -11.5
Romania 452.2 541.0 19.6 649.7 535.7 -17.5 -197.5 5.3
Slovakia 66.2 64.4 -2.7 95.6 112.9 18.1 -29.4 -48.5
Slovenia 33.0 28.3 -14.2 60.0 81.3 35.5 -27.0 -53.0
Spain 119.1 143.0 20.1 122.6 138.2 12.7 -3.5 4.8
Sweden 65.3 55.1 -15.6 49.7 28.0 -43.7 15.6 27.1
Not specified 218.4 309.6 41.8 12.8 23.5 83.6 205.6 286.1
Non EU countries 2 278.9 2 038.6 -10.5 2 884.1 3 771.2 30.8 -605.2 -1 732.6
CIS3 124.4 117.1 -5.9 251.0 326.5 30.1 -126.6 -209.4
of which:                
Kazakhstan 16.9 7.7 -54.4 0.3 231.7 77 133.3 16.6 -224.0
Russian Federation 45.9 49.5 7.8 229.4 72.2 -68.5 -183.5 -22.7
OECD4 893.0 783.5 -12.3 1 118.4 1 325.4 18.5 -225.4 -541.9
of which:                
Canada 13.3 14.1 6.0 20.5 56.7 176.6 -7.2 -42.6
Chile 6.7 0.8 -88.1 86.5 1.3 -98.5 -79.8 -0.5
Israel 23.6 27.4 16.1 9.8 10.0 2.0 13.8 17.4
Japan 10.3 10.6 2.9 30.7 23.0 -25.1 -20.4 -12.4
Korea, Republic of 99.4 13.5 -86.4 23.4 32.7 39.7 76.0 -19.2
Turkiye 393.8 419.8 6.6 762.3 828.5 8.7 -368.5 -408.7
United Kingdom5 113.6 47.7 -58.0 49.3 56.1 13.8 64.3 -8.4
United States 140.7 162.6 15.6 65.6 198.7 202.9 75.1 -36.1
EFTA6 62.5 66.2 5.9 60.0 78.1 30.2 2.5 -11.9
of which:                
Norway 9.6 12.3 28.1 5.9 10.2 72.9 3.7 2.1
Switzerland 52.5 53.1 1.1 54.0 67.8 25.6 -1.5 -14.7
Countries not included in the upper groups                
Albania 52.1 17.7 -66.0 7.7 9.3 20.8 44.4 8.4
Algeria 51.7 23.6 -54.4 23.6 0.8 -96.6 28.1 22.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.7 10.4 -29.3 3.8 4.6 21.1 10.9 5.8
Brazil 7.0 6.5 -7.1 51.3 146.8 186.2 -44.3 -140.3
China 167.6 28.8 -82.8 269.9 544.0 101.6 -102.3 -515.2
Egypt 75.2 24.5 -67.4 141.8 55.3 -61.0 -66.6 -30.8
Georgia 25.6 45.3 77.0 11.6 78.5 576.7 14.0 -33.2
India 20.2 25.4 25.7 54.7 39.7 -27.4 -34.5 -14.3
Indonesia 9.4 4.5 -52.1 128.3 5.2 -95.9 -118.9 -0.7
Iran, Islamic Republic of 23.1 13.8 -40.3 7.0 9.1 30.0 16.1 4.7
Peru 1.8 3.1 72.2 117.7 2.4 -98.0 -115.9 0.7
Republic of North Macedonia 128.2 114.6 -10.6 61.0 87.3 43.1 67.2 27.3
Serbia 100.4 131.5 31.0 145.7 164.5 12.9 -45.3 -33.0
Singapore 10.6 9.4 -11.3 3.0 4.7 56.7 7.6 4.7
South Africa 39.4 7.2 -81.7 6.8 2.6 -61.8 32.6 4.6
Taiwan7 6.5 4.1 -36.9 22.0 24.1 9.5 -15.5 -20.0
Tunisia 15.0 60.3 302.0 36.1 6.2 -82.8 -21.1 54.1
Ukraine 94.2 109.2 15.9 194.6 216.9 11.5 -100.4 -107.7
United Arab Emirates 21.6 20.7 -4.2 6.2 13.4 116.1 15.4 7.3
Viet Nam 6.3 2.9 -54.0 26.2 40.9 56.1 -19.9 -38.0

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 April 11, 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.
11.04.2025