# Netherlands exports to Bulgaria: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Netherlands reported $1.3B in goods exports to Bulgaria. The overall review level is Watch.

## 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 | $1.3B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 27.4% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 60 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 28% | 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 | 0% | Stable |
| 2 | 180400 | Cocoa: butter, fat and oil | $62.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $217.0M | 38.1% | Stable |
| 4 | 382600 | Biodiesel and mixtures thereof: not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | $157.1M | 92.7% | Critical attention |
| 5 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $254.3M | 56.4% | Watch |
| 6 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $826.0M | 60.4% | High attention |
| 7 | 180310 | Cocoa: paste, not defatted | $62.0M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 300215 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $405.7M | 55.2% | Watch |
| 9 | 020312 | Meat: of swine, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, fresh or chilled | $41.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 780200 | Lead: waste and scrap | $25.8M | 0% | High attention |

## 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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