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Who buys Bulgaria’s refined copper? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Bulgaria exported $1.9 billion of refined copper (206 thousand tonnes), 2% of the world total. Its main destinations were Italy (46%), Turkey (37%) and Croatia (6%). Bulgaria was the world’s 12th-largest exporter of refined copper.

Summary

Value
$1.9billion
Tonnes
206thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2%
World rank
12th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Italy881Tonnes: 95,773USD per tonne: $9,19446.4%Sea
Turkey709Tonnes: 75,604USD per tonne: $9,37337.4%Land
Croatia111Tonnes: 11,546USD per tonne: $9,6375.9%Sea
Egypt59.2Tonnes: 6,636USD per tonne: $8,9163.1%Sea
Greece47.9Tonnes: 5,456USD per tonne: $8,7772.5%Land
China33.2Tonnes: 2,962USD per tonne: $11,2221.8%Sea
Netherlands re-exports28.4Tonnes: 3,995USD per tonne: $7,1041.5%Sea
South Korea11.5Tonnes: 1,847USD per tonne: $6,2260.61%Sea
Pakistan7.7Tonnes: 775USD per tonne: $9,9320.41%Sea
North Macedonia3.4Tonnes: 461USD per tonne: $7,4150.18%Land
Romania2.9Tonnes: 305USD per tonne: $9,3760.15%Land
Serbia0.38Tonnes: 44USD per tonne: $8,5570.02%Land
Belgium re-exports0.26Tonnes: 34USD per tonne: $7,6010.01%Sea
Algeria0.26Tonnes: 27USD per tonne: $9,4830.01%Sea
France0.23Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $72,5520.01%Air
Germany0.1Tonnes: 12USD per tonne: $7,7540.01%Sea
Austria0.09Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $13,9680%Sea
Malaysia0.04Tonnes: 94USD per tonne: $4140%Sea
Hungary0.02Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $173,2340%Air
Switzerland< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $7,3210%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Italy has been its main destination since 2022

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

  • Italy 881
  • Turkey 709
  • Croatia 111
  • Egypt 59.2
  • Greece 47.9

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Italy14881
Turkey23.3709
Croatia0111
Egypt059.2
Greece11847.9

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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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