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Еxports, imports and trade balance of Bulgaria with main non EU partner countries1 in the period January - May 20232 and 20242
Countries Exports - FOB Imports - CIF Trade balance - FOB/CIF
2023 2024 Change compared to the same period of the previous year - % 2023 2024 Change compared to the same period of the previous year - % 2023 2024
Million BGN Million BGN Million BGN
Third countries -total 12 908.4 11 969.4 -7.3 15 850.2 16 488.4 4.0 -2 941.8 -4 519.0
of which:
Albania 110.0 300.7 173.4 41.9 41.9 0.0 68.1 258.8
Algeria 661.8 227.1 -65.7 83.3 49.4 -40.7 578.5 177.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 74.7 75.3 0.8 33.3 59.3 78.1 41.4 16.0
Brazil 27.6 26.5 -4.0 264.9 232.3 -12.3 -237.3 -205.8
Canada 74.7 116.7 56.2 39.8 127.4 220.1 34.9 -10.7
Chile 11.7 19.2 64.1 158.2 254.0 60.6 -146.5 -234.8
China 890.4 629.1 -29.3 2 252.1 1 945.7 -13.6 -1 361.7 -1 316.6
Egypt 461.2 510.4 10.7 311.0 1 173.7 277.4 150.2 -663.3
Georgia 145.6 289.1 98.6 274.4 105.1 -61.7 -128.8 184.0
Gibraltar 201.3 491.5 144.2 0.0 0.0 x 201.3 491.5
India 183.6 124.2 -32.4 219.2 196.0 -10.6 -35.6 -71.8
Indonesia 36.8 55.4 50.5 205.8 448.8 118.1 -169.0 -393.4
Iran, Islamic Republic of 81.0 130.8 61.5 46.1 51.0 10.6 34.9 79.8
Israel 208.3 110.9 -46.8 126.0 50.0 -60.3 82.3 60.9
Japan 52.8 61.1 15.7 179.3 149.2 -16.8 -126.5 -88.1
Kazakhstan 70.5 71.0 0.7 6.8 329.1 4 739.7 63.7 -258.1
Korea, Republic of 78.4 209.1 166.7 157.5 151.3 -3.9 -79.1 57.8
Libya 86.0 17.9 -79.2 3.2 475.5 14 759.4 82.8 -457.6
Morocco 104.2 172.6 65.6 42.8 90.7 111.9 61.4 81.9
Namibia 0.4 0.7 75.0 8.5 106.1 1 148.2 -8.1 -105.4
Norway 48.1 56.1 16.6 23.5 316.2 1 245.5 24.6 -260.1
Peru 22.4 6.0 -73.2 221.5 350.6 58.3 -199.1 -344.6
Republic of North Macedonia 719.6 678.9 -5.7 413.6 444.8 7.5 306.0 234.1
Russian Federation 418.0 292.0 -30.1 2 235.6 820.5 -63.3 -1 817.6 -528.5
Serbia 842.4 807.8 -4.1 935.6 907.0 -3.1 -93.2 -99.2
Singapore 25.9 29.7 14.7 36.4 17.6 -51.6 -10.5 12.1
South Africa 91.4 103.7 13.5 108.8 26.5 -75.6 -17.4 77.2
Switzerland 305.0 273.3 -10.4 283.7 359.2 26.6 21.3 -85.9
Taiwan 111.3 35.2 -68.4 146.3 109.7 -25.0 -35.0 -74.5
Tunisia 131.1 93.2 -28.9 18.8 94.0 400.0 112.3 -0.8
Turkey 2 244.6 2 171.8 -3.2 3 377.7 3 624.1 7.3 -1 133.1 -1 452.3
Ukraine 819.3 407.8 -50.2 723.7 997.7 37.9 95.6 -589.9
United Arab Emirates 117.7 120.2 2.1 39.3 35.6 -9.4 78.4 84.6
United Kingdom3 562.7 599.6 6.6 330.8 354.1 7.0 231.9 245.5
United States 924.0 776.9 -15.9 532.2 380.9 -28.4 391.8 396.0
Viet Nam 29.8 33.8 13.4 107.5 153.2 42.5 -77.7 -119.4

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, 2024.
3 The United Kingdom includes: Northern Ireland; Great Britain; Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
'x' - not applicable.
'0' - less than half of unit employed.
Exports, imports and trade balance by groups of countries and main partner countries1 of Bulgaria in the period January - April 20232 and 20242
Countries and groups of countries Exports - FOB Imports - CIF Trade balance - FOB/CIF
2023 2024 Change compared to the same period of the previous year - % 2023 2024 Change compared to the same period of the previous year - % 2023 2024
Million BGN Million BGN Million BGN
Total 29 188.1 27 476.0 -5.9 32 157.2 31 817.2 -1.1 -2 969.1 -4 341.2
EU 18 892.4 17 680.1 -6.4 19 478.5 19 019.1 -2.4 -586.1 -1 339.0
Austria 650.5 452.8 -30.4 864.0 794.5 -8.0 -213.5 -341.7
Belgium 806.8 663.1 -17.8 773.3 641.6 -17.0 33.5 21.5
Croatia 243.3 409.4 68.3 83.9 103.1 22.9 159.4 306.3
Cyprus 102.4 80.4 -21.5 44.8 25.7 -42.6 57.6 54.7
Czechia 569.0 550.0 -3.3 910.8 880.5 -3.3 -341.8 -330.5
Denmark 139.6 128.6 -7.9 286.3 165.6 -42.2 -146.7 -37.0
Estonia 54.8 31.5 -42.5 91.5 117.8 28.7 -36.7 -86.3
Finland 66.0 56.3 -14.7 87.0 76.0 -12.6 -21.0 -19.7
France 989.0 944.8 -4.5 888.7 836.3 -5.9 100.3 108.5
Germany 4 109.1 4 248.0 3.4 4 015.6 3 707.1 -7.7 93.5 540.9
Greece 1 591.0 1 424.9 -10.4 1 508.7 1 538.7 2.0 82.3 -113.8
Hungary 411.6 388.4 -5.6 1 091.7 1 121.1 2.7 -680.1 -732.7
Ireland 87.0 87.4 0.5 129.7 119.7 -7.7 -42.7 -32.3
Italy 2 347.2 2 029.8 -13.5 2 170.6 1 966.3 -9.4 176.6 63.5
Latvia 38.6 31.5 -18.4 24.3 32.6 34.2 14.3 -1.1
Lithuania 86.7 70.5 -18.7 77.6 82.6 6.4 9.1 -12.1
Luxembourg 7.2 10.4 44.4 27.9 24.6 -11.8 -20.7 -14.2
Malta 14.4 12.3 -14.6 9.9 9.2 -7.1 4.5 3.1
Netherlands 583.0 528.0 -9.4 1 360.8 1 259.6 -7.4 -777.8 -731.6
Poland 744.2 737.3 -0.9 1 316.0 1 167.8 -11.3 -571.8 -430.5
Portugal 67.0 80.2 19.7 62.0 73.6 18.7 5.0 6.6
Romania 2 659.7 2 315.7 -12.9 2 094.4 2 456.4 17.3 565.3 -140.7
Slovakia 351.7 293.1 -16.7 373.3 421.0 12.8 -21.6 -127.9
Slovenia 200.0 154.5 -22.8 302.1 311.5 3.1 -102.1 -157.0
Spain 734.6 534.2 -27.3 559.0 570.4 2.0 175.6 -36.2
Sweden 273.7 268.9 -1.8 255.1 221.9 -13.0 18.6 47.0
Not specified 964.3 1 148.1 19.1 69.5 293.9 322.9 894.8 854.2
Non EU countries 10 295.7 9 795.9 -4.9 12 678.7 12 798.1 0.9 -2 383.0 -3 002.2
CIS3 604.1 577.8 -4.4 2 195.1 1 073.7 -51.1 -1 591.0 -495.9
of which:
Kazakhstan 60.0 54.4 -9.3 6.7 2.2 -67.2 53.3 52.2
Russian Federation 316.6 231.0 -27.0 1 880.0 787.1 -58.1 -1 563.4 -556.1
OECD4 3 745.5 3 690.8 -1.5 4 286.1 4 668.1 8.9 -540.6 -977.3
of which:
Canada 58.7 103.2 75.8 33.6 120.8 259.5 25.1 -17.6
Chile 8.7 16.8 93.1 119.2 180.0 51.0 -110.5 -163.2
Israel 176.0 76.8 -56.4 111.6 36.3 -67.5 64.4 40.5
Japan 41.4 46.5 12.3 145.9 114.5 -21.5 -104.5 -68.0
Korea, Republic of 68.0 196.2 188.5 126.5 108.9 -13.9 -58.5 87.3
Turkey 1 790.7 1 724.1 -3.7 2 706.3 2 936.6 8.5 -915.6 -1 212.5
United Kingdom5 449.1 482.2 7.4 266.6 287.4 7.8 182.5 194.8
United States 754.0 662.3 -12.2 464.5 312.3 -32.8 289.5 350.0
EFTA6 286.1 270.7 -5.4 241.4 513.1 112.6 44.7 -242.4
of which:
Norway 39.3 47.3 20.4 18.7 227.9 1 118.7 20.6 -180.6
Switzerland 244.8 221.5 -9.5 220.5 283.6 28.6 24.3 -62.1
Countries not included in the upper groups
Albania 87.0 280.2 222.1 33.7 32.1 -4.7 53.3 248.1
Algeria 591.3 203.5 -65.6 75.3 28.3 -62.4 516.0 175.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 59.0 60.9 3.2 27.4 46.0 67.9 31.6 14.9
Brazil 23.1 21.5 -6.9 260.0 224.6 -13.6 -236.9 -203.1
China 710.9 569.3 -19.9 1 672.9 1 556.6 -7.0 -962.0 -987.3
Egypt 357.8 419.7 17.3 162.0 895.3 452.7 195.8 -475.6
Georgia 117.2 234.9 100.4 268.1 65.8 -75.5 -150.9 169.1
India 160.2 95.2 -40.6 182.8 145.4 -20.5 -22.6 -50.2
Indonesia 30.5 49.6 62.6 197.7 250.6 26.8 -167.2 -201.0
Iran, Islamic Republic of 64.6 103.2 59.8 36.0 37.7 4.7 28.6 65.5
Peru 21.3 5.3 -75.1 212.8 201.3 -5.4 -191.5 -196.0
Republic of North Macedonia 561.7 546.3 -2.7 301.7 351.4 16.5 260.0 194.9
Serbia 698.0 631.9 -9.5 737.0 721.4 -2.1 -39.0 -89.5
Singapore 18.1 25.7 42.0 26.6 16.1 -39.5 -8.5 9.6
South Africa 83.3 55.8 -33.0 90.6 23.5 -74.1 -7.3 32.3
Taiwan 76.7 24.1 -68.6 116.4 89.3 -23.3 -39.7 -65.2
Tunisia 91.8 88.3 -3.8 17.1 65.2 281.3 74.7 23.1
Ukraine 676.0 335.4 -50.4 587.0 789.0 34.4 89.0 -453.6
United Arab Emirates 77.3 98.5 27.4 29.4 30.1 2.4 47.9 68.4
Viet Nam 24.2 28.2 16.5 79.6 109.6 37.7 -55.4 -81.4

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, 2024.
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.
10.07.2024