Summary
- Belgium → Bulgaria
- $649million
- Bulgaria → Belgium
- $1billion
- Belgium’s balance
- -$398million
Balance
Belgium’s trade balance with Bulgaria
Trade between Belgium and Bulgaria grew 9.2-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Belgium’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.6
- Imports 1
- Balance -0.4
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $94 million | $90 million | $4 million |
| 1996 | $69 million | $90 million | -$20 million |
| 1997 | $71 million | $117 million | -$46 million |
| 1998 | $102 million | $205 million | -$103 million |
| 1999 | $98 million | $229 million | -$130 million |
| 2000 | $103 million | $430 million | -$327 million |
| 2001 | $108 million | $286 million | -$178 million |
| 2002 | $114 million | $308 million | -$195 million |
| 2003 | $156 million | $466 million | -$310 million |
| 2004 | $215 million | $619 million | -$404 million |
| 2005 | $230 million | $731 million | -$501 million |
| 2006 | $278 million | $1 billion | -$759 million |
| 2007 | $460 million | $1.2 billion | -$741 million |
| 2008 | $518 million | $1.4 billion | -$840 million |
| 2009 | $361 million | $1.1 billion | -$704 million |
| 2010 | $476 million | $887 million | -$411 million |
| 2011 | $549 million | $1.5 billion | -$956 million |
| 2012 | $561 million | $1 billion | -$487 million |
| 2013 | $622 million | $914 million | -$292 million |
| 2014 | $683 million | $1.3 billion | -$605 million |
| 2015 | $652 million | $1 billion | -$359 million |
| 2016 | $650 million | $741 million | -$91 million |
| 2017 | $698 million | $1.3 billion | -$594 million |
| 2018 | $739 million | $1.1 billion | -$405 million |
| 2019 | $689 million | $951 million | -$261 million |
| 2020 | $648 million | $1.2 billion | -$515 million |
| 2021 | $862 million | $1.3 billion | -$461 million |
| 2022 | $1 billion | $1.3 billion | -$246 million |
| 2023 | $1.1 billion | $1.6 billion | -$431 million |
| 2024 | $649 million | $1 billion | -$398 million |
What they sell each other
What Belgium sells to Bulgaria
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Bulgaria sells to Belgium
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Antwerp and Varna is 3,427 nautical miles (6,347 km) long: ≈ 8–10 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Dover, Strait of Gibraltar, Dardanelles and Bosporus.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Bulgaria was Belgium’s 45th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and Belgium was Bulgaria’s 16th (2%).
- Bulgaria in Belgium’s trade
- 0.2%
- Bulgaria’s rank among Belgium’s partners
- 45th
- Belgium in Bulgaria’s trade
- 1.6%
- Belgium’s rank among Bulgaria’s partners
- 16th
Compare with
Other partners of Belgium
Other partners of Bulgaria
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.
Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.