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Where does Bulgaria get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Bulgaria imported $1.7 billion of medicines (22 thousand tonnes), 0.3% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (18%), the Netherlands (11%) and Switzerland (10%). Bulgaria was the world’s 47th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$1.7billion
Tonnes
22thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.3%
World rank
47th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany302Tonnes: 6,663USD per tonne: $45,35318.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports179Tonnes: 163USD per tonne: $1,100,61610.7%Air
Switzerland160Tonnes: 661USD per tonne: $242,5469.6%Air
France125Tonnes: 1,423USD per tonne: $87,6537.5%Air
Ireland123Tonnes: 557USD per tonne: $220,2507.3%Air
Slovenia93.6Tonnes: 781USD per tonne: $119,9215.6%Air
Italy83.8Tonnes: 2,433USD per tonne: $34,4395%Sea
United States60.7Tonnes: 130USD per tonne: $468,2003.6%Air
Hungary60.3Tonnes: 478USD per tonne: $126,2213.6%Air
Romania51.4Tonnes: 1,362USD per tonne: $37,7653.1%Land
Spain49.8Tonnes: 1,656USD per tonne: $30,0563%Sea
Canada49.2Tonnes: 152USD per tonne: $323,7972.9%Air
United Kingdom39.8Tonnes: 296USD per tonne: $134,5142.4%Air
Denmark39.6Tonnes: 133USD per tonne: $296,8742.4%Air
Poland37.9Tonnes: 382USD per tonne: $99,0192.3%Air
Austria28.8Tonnes: 402USD per tonne: $71,6701.7%Air
Turkey23.6Tonnes: 859USD per tonne: $27,5241.4%Land
Belgium re-exports18.5Tonnes: 430USD per tonne: $43,0981.1%Sea
Cyprus17.4Tonnes: 180USD per tonne: $96,5991%Air
Czechia16.4Tonnes: 113USD per tonne: $144,9410.98%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2006

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

  • Germany 302
  • Netherlands 179
  • Switzerland 160
  • France 125
  • Ireland 123

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany10.4302
Netherlands1.4179
Switzerland8.2160
France5.2125
Ireland< 0.01123

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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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