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Bulgaria Trade Summary

2008

Bulgaria exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BULGARIA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Bulgaria 2008

Exports and imports of Bulgaria in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 22,486 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 37,015 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 3,765 products were exported to 203 countries and 4,430 products were imported from 213 countries.

Bulgaria top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Bulgaria exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Bulgaria exports to Greece worth US$ 2,231 million, with a partner share of 9.92 percent.
  2. Bulgaria exports to Germany worth US$ 2,046 million, with a partner share of 9.10 percent.
  3. Bulgaria exports to Turkey worth US$ 1,980 million, with a partner share of 8.80 percent.
  4. Bulgaria exports to Italy worth US$ 1,881 million, with a partner share of 8.37 percent.
  5. Bulgaria exports to Romania worth US$ 1,631 million, with a partner share of 7.25 percent.

Top five countries from which Bulgaria imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Bulgaria imports from Russian Federation worth US$ 6,536 million, with a partner share of 17.66 percent.
  2. Bulgaria imports from Germany worth US$ 4,063 million, with a partner share of 10.98 percent.
  3. Bulgaria imports from Italy worth US$ 2,923 million, with a partner share of 7.90 percent.
  4. Bulgaria imports from Turkey worth US$ 2,076 million, with a partner share of 5.61 percent.
  5. Bulgaria imports from China worth US$ 1,964 million, with a partner share of 5.31 percent.

Bulgaria Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Bulgaria along with trade value are:

  1. Bulgaria exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 3,019,282.32 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Bulgaria exported Copper unrefined, copper anodes for electrolyti , worth 1,204,181.74 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Bulgaria exported Copper cathodes and sections of cathodes unwrou , worth 660,025.50 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Bulgaria exported Electrical energy , worth 564,785.93 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Bulgaria exported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 445,941.82 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Bulgaria along with trade value are

  1. Bulgaria imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 4,904,180.73 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Bulgaria imported Natural gas in gaseous state , worth 1,209,497.97 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Bulgaria imported Copper ores and concentrates , worth 984,699.89 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Bulgaria imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 968,987.43 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Bulgaria imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 563,293.86 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Bulgaria in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 182.10 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 2.44 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 1.50 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 15,253,418.19 and duty free tariff line items share was 59.20 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Bulgaria in 2008 are below

  • Bulgaria GDP in current US dollar was 54,481 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 6,070.00 .
  • Bulgaria Trade balance: as % of GDP was -19.73.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -10,751.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 124.69 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 25.51 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Bulgaria in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 7.12.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Bulgaria Country Growth was -3.56 .