Summary
- Bulgaria → United Kingdom
- $953million
- United Kingdom → Bulgaria
- $705million
- Bulgaria’s balance
- $248million
Balance
Bulgaria’s trade balance with the United Kingdom
Trade between Bulgaria and the United Kingdom grew 5.1-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Bulgaria’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1
- Imports 0.7
- Balance +0.2
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $172 million | $150 million | $22 million |
| 1996 | $209 million | $127 million | $82 million |
| 1997 | $178 million | $142 million | $37 million |
| 1998 | $149 million | $135 million | $15 million |
| 1999 | $131 million | $145 million | -$14 million |
| 2000 | $163 million | $153 million | $10 million |
| 2001 | $183 million | $186 million | -$3 million |
| 2002 | $391 million | $215 million | $176 million |
| 2003 | $252 million | $278 million | -$26 million |
| 2004 | $334 million | $336 million | -$3 million |
| 2005 | $350 million | $418 million | -$68 million |
| 2006 | $462 million | $456 million | $6 million |
| 2007 | $527 million | $482 million | $45 million |
| 2008 | $486 million | $630 million | -$144 million |
| 2009 | $339 million | $346 million | -$8 million |
| 2010 | $427 million | $399 million | $28 million |
| 2011 | $552 million | $506 million | $46 million |
| 2012 | $498 million | $482 million | $16 million |
| 2013 | $678 million | $508 million | $170 million |
| 2014 | $680 million | $586 million | $94 million |
| 2015 | $755 million | $500 million | $254 million |
| 2016 | $700 million | $654 million | $46 million |
| 2017 | $745 million | $515 million | $230 million |
| 2018 | $811 million | $541 million | $270 million |
| 2019 | $882 million | $484 million | $398 million |
| 2020 | $764 million | $441 million | $323 million |
| 2021 | $624 million | $348 million | $276 million |
| 2022 | $1.1 billion | $425 million | $626 million |
| 2023 | $1 billion | $424 million | $587 million |
| 2024 | $953 million | $705 million | $248 million |
What they sell each other
What Bulgaria sells to the United Kingdom
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United Kingdom 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 Felixstowe is 3,352 nautical miles (6,208 km) long: ≈ 8–10 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Bosporus, Dardanelles, Strait of Gibraltar and Strait of Dover.
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
The United Kingdom was Bulgaria’s 17th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Bulgaria was the United Kingdom’s 59th (0.2%).
- The United Kingdom in Bulgaria’s trade
- 1.6%
- The United Kingdom’s rank among Bulgaria’s partners
- 17th
- Bulgaria in the United Kingdom’s trade
- 0.2%
- Bulgaria’s rank among the United Kingdom’s partners
- 59th
Compare with
Other partners of Bulgaria
Other partners of the United Kingdom
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.