Summary
- Bulgaria → Kazakhstan
- $95million
- Kazakhstan → Bulgaria
- $1.6billion
- Bulgaria’s balance
- -$1.5billion
Balance
Bulgaria’s trade balance with Kazakhstan
Trade between Bulgaria and Kazakhstan grew 120.2-fold since 1996
USD billions (current). Bulgaria’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.1
- Imports 1.6
- Balance -1.5
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1996 | $11 million | $2 million | $9 million |
| 1997 | $11 million | $2 million | $9 million |
| 1998 | $12 million | $5 million | $7 million |
| 1999 | $1 million | $805 thousand | $529 thousand |
| 2000 | $3 million | $7 million | -$4 million |
| 2001 | $8 million | $5 million | $4 million |
| 2002 | $7 million | $24 million | -$17 million |
| 2003 | $10 million | $16 million | -$6 million |
| 2004 | $17 million | $17 million | -$511 thousand |
| 2005 | $21 million | $5 million | $17 million |
| 2006 | $31 million | $20 million | $11 million |
| 2007 | $96 million | $272 million | -$176 million |
| 2008 | $46 million | $614 million | -$568 million |
| 2009 | $28 million | $434 million | -$406 million |
| 2010 | $84 million | $176 million | -$92 million |
| 2011 | $35 million | $94 million | -$59 million |
| 2012 | $45 million | $403 million | -$359 million |
| 2013 | $60 million | $152 million | -$92 million |
| 2014 | $53 million | $84 million | -$30 million |
| 2015 | $34 million | $102 million | -$68 million |
| 2016 | $25 million | $59 million | -$34 million |
| 2017 | $39 million | $214 million | -$175 million |
| 2018 | $35 million | $186 million | -$151 million |
| 2019 | $41 million | $286 million | -$245 million |
| 2020 | $40 million | $211 million | -$171 million |
| 2021 | $49 million | $291 million | -$242 million |
| 2022 | $56 million | $91 million | -$35 million |
| 2023 | $87 million | $20 million | $67 million |
| 2024 | $95 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.5 billion |
What they sell each other
What Bulgaria sells to Kazakhstan
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Kazakhstan sells to Bulgaria
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Varna and Novorossiysk (Russia) is 472 nautical miles (874 km) long: ≈ 1–1.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
It does not cross any major canal or strait.
Kazakhstan is landlocked: it ships through Novorossiysk (Russia).
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
Kazakhstan was Bulgaria’s 18th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Bulgaria was Kazakhstan’s 18th (1%).
- Kazakhstan in Bulgaria’s trade
- 1.6%
- Kazakhstan’s rank among Bulgaria’s partners
- 18th
- Bulgaria in Kazakhstan’s trade
- 1.1%
- Bulgaria’s rank among Kazakhstan’s partners
- 18th
Compare with
Other partners of Bulgaria
Other partners of Kazakhstan
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.