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Where does Bulgaria get its crude oil? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Bulgaria imported $4 billion of crude oil (6.3 million tonnes), 0.3% of the world total. Its main sources were Kazakhstan (36%), Iraq (17%) and Saudi Arabia (14%). Bulgaria was the world’s 34th-largest importer of crude oil.

Summary

Value
$4billion
Tonnes
6.3million tonnes
Share of world total
0.3%
World rank
34th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 14 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Kazakhstan1.4Tonnes: 2,050,131USD per tonne: $69635.9%Sea
Iraq0.69Tonnes: 1,236,043USD per tonne: $55917.4%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.54Tonnes: 874,436USD per tonne: $61813.6%Sea
Norway0.48Tonnes: 774,315USD per tonne: $62112.1%Sea
Libya0.37Tonnes: 559,535USD per tonne: $6559.2%Sea
Guyana0.14Tonnes: 215,318USD per tonne: $6463.5%Sea
Egypt0.09Tonnes: 138,318USD per tonne: $6242.2%Sea
Azerbaijan0.08Tonnes: 108,899USD per tonne: $7342%Sea
Ghana0.08Tonnes: 130,242USD per tonne: $5881.9%Sea
Tunisia0.08Tonnes: 135,539USD per tonne: $5611.9%Sea
Italy0.01Tonnes: 28,094USD per tonne: $4610.33%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $6650%Sea
Czechia< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $26,1110%Land

Trend

Who it buys from

Kazakhstan has been its main source since 2024

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Kazakhstan 1.4
  • Iraq 0.69
  • Saudi Arabia 0.54
  • Norway 0.48
  • Libya 0.37

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Kazakhstan01.4
Iraq00.69
Saudi Arabia00.54
Norway00.48
Libya00.37

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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