Summary
- Share of its imports
- 10.7%
- Share of its imports from outside the EU
- 19.5%
- Value imported
- $5.6billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 58
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 8
- Dominated value
- $2billion
- Share of total imports
- 3.8%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 0.79% to 10.7% of what Bulgaria buys
Share (%)
- China 10.7%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 32 | 0.79% | 25 |
| 1996 | 40 | 0.72% | 25 |
| 1997 | 54 | 0.94% | 18 |
| 1998 | 55 | 0.96% | 19 |
| 1999 | 69 | 1.2% | 19 |
| 2000 | 83 | 1.5% | 18 |
| 2001 | 96 | 1.6% | 18 |
| 2002 | 152 | 2.1% | 14 |
| 2003 | 299 | 3.1% | 8 |
| 2004 | 486 | 3.6% | 8 |
| 2005 | 723 | 4.2% | 8 |
| 2006 | 1,064 | 4.8% | 6 |
| 2007 | 1,572 | 5.2% | 5 |
| 2008 | 1,985 | 5.3% | 5 |
| 2009 | 1,275 | 5.3% | 7 |
| 2010 | 674 | 2.6% | 12 |
| 2011 | 1,026 | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2012 | 1,045 | 3% | 8 |
| 2013 | 1,077 | 3% | 8 |
| 2014 | 1,203 | 3.4% | 8 |
| 2015 | 1,109 | 3.8% | 8 |
| 2016 | 1,184 | 4% | 7 |
| 2017 | 1,332 | 3.8% | 8 |
| 2018 | 1,594 | 4.2% | 7 |
| 2019 | 1,799 | 4.8% | 6 |
| 2020 | 1,814 | 5.2% | 6 |
| 2021 | 2,595 | 5.7% | 6 |
| 2022 | 3,527 | 6.2% | 5 |
| 2023 | 2,980 | 5.7% | 6 |
| 2024 | 5,612 | 10.7% | 1 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 52% | Vietnam · 12.6% | $499 million |
| Diodes, transistors and solar cells | China | 63.5% | Greece · 20% | $295 million |
| Computers | China | 62.6% | Poland · 5% | $245 million |
| Transformers and power supplies | China | 50.7% | Turkey · 11% | $188 million |
| Toys | China | 72.5% | Italy · 6.2% | $134 million |
| Lamps and light fittings | China | 74% | Turkey · 6% | $94 million |
| Printed circuit boards | China | 50.9% | Germany · 14.8% | $68 million |
| Rubber and plastic footwear | China | 51.7% | Vietnam · 13.9% | $49 million |
| Vacuum cleaners | China | 62.9% | Germany · 16.5% | $44 million |
| Bags, suitcases and cases | China | 54.3% | Italy · 9.3% | $44 million |
| Antibiotics | China | 88.6%over 75% | Spain · 4.3% | $42 million |
| Sports equipment | China | 50.5% | Italy · 8.6% | $27 million |
| Chemically modified fats and oils | China | 62.1% | Romania · 20.2% | $26 million |
| Steel kitchenware and household articles | China | 54.3% | Turkey · 12.1% | $17 million |
| Surveying instruments | China | 51.8% | United States · 16% | $14 million |
| Calculators and cash registers | China | 72.1% | Thailand · 7.3% | $14 million |
| Baby carriages and strollers | China | 89%over 75% | Germany · 5.9% | $12 million |
| Aluminum kitchenware and household articles | China | 64.2% | Turkey · 6.7% | $10 million |
| Hydrocarbon derivatives | China | 67% | Poland · 23.3% | $9 million |
| Curtains and interior blinds | China | 64.1% | Turkey · 18.9% | $7 million |
| Hoists, winches and jacks | China | 57.2% | Germany · 11.4% | $7 million |
| Festive and Christmas articles | China | 53.9% | Germany · 29.7% | $7 million |
| Mirrors and rear-view mirrors | China | 56.3% | Turkey · 11.8% | $6 million |
| Blankets and travel rugs | China | 72.3% | Turkey · 7.8% | $6 million |
| Artificial flowers and foliage | China | 85%over 75% | Hungary · 2.1% | $6 million |
| Knitted gloves | China | 62.4% | Pakistan · 5.7% | $6 million |
| Knives | China | 57.8% | Germany · 8.9% | $6 million |
| Knitted and felt hats | China | 58.9% | Bangladesh · 5.7% | $6 million |
| Umbrellas and parasols | China | 64.1% | Ukraine · 7.2% | $5 million |
| Electron tubes and valves | China | 75%over 75% | United Kingdom · 16.4% | $5 million |
and 28 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- China sells 46.2% of what the world exports of cameras and broadcast equipment; next come Vietnam (13.1%), Taiwan (4.4%) and India (4.3%). The rest of the world exported 679.7 times what Bulgaria buys from China.
- China sells 39.2% of what the world exports of diodes, transistors and solar cells; next come Malaysia (8.6%), Japan (7.4%) and Vietnam (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 277 times what Bulgaria buys from China.
- China sells 38.7% of what the world exports of computers; next come Taiwan (14.2%), Mexico (12.6%) and Vietnam (7%). The rest of the world exported 1,051.1 times what Bulgaria buys from China.
- China sells 34.6% of what the world exports of transformers and power supplies; next come Germany (7%), Mexico (4.5%) and Japan (3.9%). The rest of the world exported 527.4 times what Bulgaria buys from China.
- China sells 66.3% of what the world exports of toys; next come Vietnam (5.8%), Czechia (4.1%) and Mexico (2.6%). The rest of the world exported 148.8 times what Bulgaria buys from China.
- China sells 59.2% of what the world exports of lamps and light fittings; next come Germany (4.7%), Mexico (4%) and Italy (3.6%). The rest of the world exported 218.1 times what Bulgaria buys from China.
- China sells 50.1% of what the world exports of printed circuit boards; next come Taiwan (9.5%), South Korea (8.6%) and Japan (7.8%). The rest of the world exported 384.6 times what Bulgaria buys from China.
- China sells 50.6% of what the world exports of rubber and plastic footwear; next come Vietnam (16.4%), Indonesia (6%) and Germany (3.8%). The rest of the world exported 407.7 times what Bulgaria buys from China.
- China sells 51.3% of what the world exports of vacuum cleaners; next come Vietnam (8.2%), Germany (7.7%) and Mexico (7.2%). The rest of the world exported 250 times what Bulgaria buys from China.
- China sells 37.2% of what the world exports of bags, suitcases and cases; next come Italy (14.9%), France (14.7%) and Vietnam (6%). The rest of the world exported 1,121.1 times what Bulgaria buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Bulgaria is China’s 73rd-largest customer, with 0.16% of its exports.
Links
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.