BGR · EXPORTS TO
Arc width tracks trade value · goods leaving (FOB). Tap an arc for the figure.
Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
Charting world trade…

ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · BULGARIA

What Bulgaria Trades

In 2023, Bulgaria sold about $47.9B of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $53.5B in return. Its biggest customer was Germany ($6.5B, 14% of exports); its biggest supplier, Germany ($6.6B). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$47.9B
GOODS IMPORTED$53.5B
TOP PARTNERGermany

Where Bulgaria sends its goods

Bulgaria’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

1Germany13.7%$6.5B
2Romania9.2%$4.4B
3Italy7.2%$3.4B
4Turkiye5.8%$2.8B
5Greece5.5%$2.7B
6France3.3%$1.6B
7Belgium3.1%$1.5B
8Spain2.6%$1.3B
9Serbia2.5%$1.2B
10United States2.4%$1.1B
11Poland2.3%$1.1B
12China2.3%$1.1B
13Austria2.1%$990M
14Netherlands2.0%$963M
15North Macedonia1.9%$928M
16Ukraine1.9%$910M
17Czechia1.9%$905M
18Egypt, Arab Rep.1.7%$818M
19United Kingdom1.6%$778M
20Hungary1.3%$610M
21Algeria1.2%$592M
22Slovak Republic1.2%$561M
23Russian Federation1.1%$540M
24Sweden0.9%$437M
25Switzerland0.8%$392M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports. 93.4% of exports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Where Bulgaria buys its goods

Bulgaria’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1Germany12.4%$6.6B
2Turkiye8.2%$4.4B
3Romania6.8%$3.6B
4Italy6.7%$3.6B
5Russian Federation6.6%$3.5B
6China5.4%$2.9B
7Greece4.4%$2.4B
8Netherlands4.1%$2.2B
9Poland3.9%$2.1B
10Hungary3.5%$1.9B
11Czechia2.8%$1.5B
12France2.7%$1.4B
13Austria2.7%$1.4B
14Belgium2.2%$1.2B
15Serbia2.2%$1.2B
16Ukraine2.0%$1.1B
17Spain1.9%$1.0B
18Slovak Republic1.2%$641M
19North Macedonia1.1%$572M
20United States1.1%$567M
21Slovenia0.9%$488M
22Sweden0.8%$442M
23United Kingdom0.8%$434M
24Brazil0.8%$427M
25Indonesia0.8%$402M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports. 98.6% of imports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep.