Summary
- Bulgaria → United States
- $1.5billion
- United States → Bulgaria
- $926million
- Bulgaria’s balance
- $543million
Balance
Bulgaria’s trade balance with the United States
Trade between Bulgaria and the United States grew 7.4-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Bulgaria’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.5
- Imports 0.9
- Balance +0.5
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $197 million | $127 million | $70 million |
| 1996 | $151 million | $136 million | $16 million |
| 1997 | $194 million | $192 million | $2 million |
| 1998 | $203 million | $214 million | -$11 million |
| 1999 | $220 million | $182 million | $38 million |
| 2000 | $255 million | $208 million | $47 million |
| 2001 | $333 million | $189 million | $144 million |
| 2002 | $372 million | $170 million | $202 million |
| 2003 | $500 million | $254 million | $245 million |
| 2004 | $582 million | $332 million | $251 million |
| 2005 | $538 million | $445 million | $93 million |
| 2006 | $571 million | $460 million | $110 million |
| 2007 | $485 million | $564 million | -$79 million |
| 2008 | $423 million | $796 million | -$373 million |
| 2009 | $300 million | $443 million | -$142 million |
| 2010 | $321 million | $186 million | $135 million |
| 2011 | $466 million | $294 million | $171 million |
| 2012 | $570 million | $245 million | $326 million |
| 2013 | $566 million | $282 million | $284 million |
| 2014 | $600 million | $382 million | $217 million |
| 2015 | $619 million | $284 million | $334 million |
| 2016 | $596 million | $251 million | $345 million |
| 2017 | $641 million | $337 million | $304 million |
| 2018 | $914 million | $355 million | $559 million |
| 2019 | $897 million | $377 million | $520 million |
| 2020 | $859 million | $448 million | $411 million |
| 2021 | $1.2 billion | $339 million | $888 million |
| 2022 | $1.5 billion | $857 million | $660 million |
| 2023 | $1.4 billion | $570 million | $878 million |
| 2024 | $1.5 billion | $926 million | $543 million |
What they sell each other
What Bulgaria sells to the United States
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United States 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 Los Angeles is 9,491 nautical miles (17,578 km) long: ≈ 22–28 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Bosporus, Dardanelles, Strait of Gibraltar and Panama Canal.
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 States was Bulgaria’s 10th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Bulgaria was the United States’ 80th (0.1%).
- The United States in Bulgaria’s trade
- 2.3%
- The United States’ rank among Bulgaria’s partners
- 10th
- Bulgaria in the United States’ trade
- 0.1%
- Bulgaria’s rank among the United States’ partners
- 80th
Compare with
Other partners of Bulgaria
Other partners of the United States
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.