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Where does Bulgaria get its steel? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Bulgaria imported $1.5 billion of steel (2.1 million tonnes), 0.4% of the world total. Its main sources were Ukraine (33%), Turkey (17%) and Greece (6%). Bulgaria was the world’s 47th-largest importer of steel.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
2.1million tonnes
Share of world total
0.4%
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
Ukraine509Tonnes: 978,542USD per tonne: $52033.1%Sea
Turkey268Tonnes: 352,533USD per tonne: $75917.4%Sea
Greece91.7Tonnes: 135,610USD per tonne: $6766%Sea
Germany77.6Tonnes: 53,791USD per tonne: $1,4435.1%Sea
Italy70.4Tonnes: 53,464USD per tonne: $1,3174.6%Sea
Romania66.9Tonnes: 73,296USD per tonne: $9134.4%Sea
Egypt59.2Tonnes: 94,316USD per tonne: $6283.9%Sea
China42.3Tonnes: 35,937USD per tonne: $1,1762.8%Sea
Serbia42.2Tonnes: 49,786USD per tonne: $8482.8%Land
North Macedonia39.1Tonnes: 42,751USD per tonne: $9142.5%Land
Austria37.8Tonnes: 34,346USD per tonne: $1,1002.5%Sea
India28.1Tonnes: 18,011USD per tonne: $1,5591.8%Sea
Vietnam23.5Tonnes: 35,200USD per tonne: $6681.5%Sea
Czechia20Tonnes: 13,137USD per tonne: $1,5201.3%Sea
South Korea17.5Tonnes: 17,219USD per tonne: $1,0181.1%Sea
Poland17.2Tonnes: 12,816USD per tonne: $1,3421.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports16.9Tonnes: 20,502USD per tonne: $8261.1%Sea
Sweden16.1Tonnes: 6,162USD per tonne: $2,6101.1%Sea
Belgium re-exports15.8Tonnes: 9,908USD per tonne: $1,5951%Sea
Finland15.6Tonnes: 4,583USD per tonne: $3,3951%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Ukraine has been its main source since 2023

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

  • Ukraine 509
  • Turkey 268
  • Greece 91.7
  • Germany 77.6
  • Italy 70.4

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Ukraine0509
Turkey2.1268
Greece1.591.7
Germany9.777.6
Italy370.4

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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