# Malta exports to Bulgaria: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Malta to Bulgaria, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/MLT-BGR/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Malta reported $4.5M in goods exports to Bulgaria. The overall review level is Stable.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $4.5M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 0% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 0 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 69.3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $1.3B | 88.2% | Watch |
| 2 | 401693 | Rubber: vulcanised (other than hard rubber), gaskets, washers and other seals, of non-cellular rubber | $33.8M | 0% | Watch |
| 3 | 844399 | Printing machinery: parts and accessories, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.91 | $43.1M | 51.6% | Watch |
| 4 | 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $104.2M | 0% | Watch |
| 5 | 300449 | Medicaments: containing alkaloids or their derivatives: other than ephedrine, pseudoephedrine (INN) or norephedrine or their salts: for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $16.5M | 0% | Watch |
| 6 | 300420 | Medicaments: containing antibiotics (other than penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $45.9M | 71.6% | Watch |
| 7 | 481029 | Paper and paperboard: coated with kaolin or other inorganic substances only, having more than 10% of mechanically processed fibres, (excluding light-weight paper), for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, in rolls or sheets | $11.2M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 330510 | Hair preparations: shampoos | $29.8M | 0% | Watch |
| 9 | 391990 | Plastics: plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip, other flat shapes thereof, self-adhesive, other than in rolls of a width not exceeding 20cm | $26.7M | 0% | Watch |
| 10 | 870829 | Vehicles: parts and accessories, of bodies, other than safety seat belts | $59.8M | 42.1% | Stable |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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