Summary
- Bulgaria → Romania
- $6billion
- Romania → Bulgaria
- $2.5billion
- Bulgaria’s balance
- $3.6billion
Balance
Bulgaria’s trade balance with Romania
Trade between Bulgaria and Romania grew 57.5-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Bulgaria’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 6
- Imports 2.5
- Balance +3.6
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $77 million | $71 million | $6 million |
| 1996 | $84 million | $77 million | $7 million |
| 1997 | $67 million | $60 million | $7 million |
| 1998 | $56 million | $63 million | -$6 million |
| 1999 | $60 million | $115 million | -$55 million |
| 2000 | $96 million | $234 million | -$137 million |
| 2001 | $157 million | $198 million | -$41 million |
| 2002 | $168 million | $167 million | $261 thousand |
| 2003 | $240 million | $274 million | -$34 million |
| 2004 | $378 million | $434 million | -$56 million |
| 2005 | $420 million | $785 million | -$366 million |
| 2006 | $528 million | $941 million | -$413 million |
| 2007 | $844 million | $1.1 billion | -$300 million |
| 2008 | $1.5 billion | $1.8 billion | -$265 million |
| 2009 | $1.3 billion | $1.3 billion | $39 million |
| 2010 | $1.9 billion | $1.8 billion | $66 million |
| 2011 | $2.2 billion | $2.3 billion | -$82 million |
| 2012 | $1.9 billion | $2.1 billion | -$221 million |
| 2013 | $2 billion | $2.3 billion | -$326 million |
| 2014 | $2.1 billion | $2.3 billion | -$227 million |
| 2015 | $1.9 billion | $1.9 billion | -$12 million |
| 2016 | $2.2 billion | $1.9 billion | $230 million |
| 2017 | $2.2 billion | $2.3 billion | -$115 million |
| 2018 | $2.8 billion | $2.5 billion | $250 million |
| 2019 | $2.9 billion | $2.6 billion | $330 million |
| 2020 | $2.9 billion | $2.5 billion | $419 million |
| 2021 | $4.6 billion | $3.3 billion | $1.3 billion |
| 2022 | $8.9 billion | $3.8 billion | $5.1 billion |
| 2023 | $5.6 billion | $4 billion | $1.6 billion |
| 2024 | $6 billion | $2.5 billion | $3.6 billion |
What they sell each other
What Bulgaria sells to Romania
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Romania 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 Constanța is 84 nautical miles (156 km) long: ≈ 0.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
It does not cross any major canal or strait.
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
Romania was Bulgaria’s 2nd largest trading partner (8% of its trade), and Bulgaria was Romania’s 8th (4%).
- Romania in Bulgaria’s trade
- 8.2%
- Romania’s rank among Bulgaria’s partners
- 2nd
- Bulgaria in Romania’s trade
- 3.5%
- Bulgaria’s rank among Romania’s partners
- 8th
Compare with
Other partners of Bulgaria
Other partners of Romania
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.