# Bulgaria HS 540252 exports | Yugalinks Explore reported HS 540252 exports from Bulgaria: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history. ## Exporter position | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Exporter | Bulgaria | | HS6 | 540252 | | Latest exports | $3.3M | | Active destinations | 13 | | Three-year growth | -11.9% | | Destination HHI | 1,918 | | Weighted share | 18.5% | ## Destination markets - Germany: $129.3K; share 1%; growth -21.6% - Turkey: $54.0K; share 0.3%; growth -35.1% ## Price intelligence - Highest reported market price: Slovenia at $26.0K / ton. - Lowest reported market price: Tunisia at $706.4 / ton. - Median reported price: $4.3K / ton. - Price spread: 582.4%. ## Export history - 2010: $6.5M - 2011: $5.1M - 2012: $4.1M - 2013: $5.1M - 2014: $4.5M - 2015: $3.2M - 2016: $3.1M - 2017: $3.5M - 2018: $4.2M - 2019: $3.9M - 2020: $2.8M - 2021: $3.8M - 2022: $4.0M - 2023: $3.5M - 2024: $2.6M ## Methods Reported exporter totals are combined with destination, price, history, and country-context observations. Growth, concentration, weighted share, volatility, drawdown, and price-position values are calculated indicators rather than additional reported trade. Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed. ## Complete structured values ```json { "template": "T3", "templateName": "Product Exporter Position Profile", "source": "api", "publisher": { "name": "Yugalinks", "url": "https://www.yugalinks.com" }, "canonical": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/bgr/540252", "links": { "product": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/540252", "exporter": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/bgr/540252", "methodology": "https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology" }, "methodology": { "summary": "Reported exporter totals are combined with destination, price, history, and country-context observations. Growth, concentration, weighted share, volatility, drawdown, and price-position values are calculated indicators rather than additional reported trade.", "reportedValues": "Merchandise trade observations for an exporter, HS6 product, destination market, and available year.", "destinations": "Destination rows are ranked by latest observed exporter-lane value.", "prices": "Unit values are reported trade value divided by reported quantity where quantity is positive.", "missingData": "Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed." }, "exporter": { "hs_code": "540252", "exporter_iso3": "BGR", "first_data_year": 1995, "latest_data_year": 2024, "observed_lane_count": 46, "current_lane_count": 13, "active_market_count": 13, "exports_latest_observed_lanes_usd": 3310131.1200475483, "exports_current_2024_usd": 2574106.8311847537, "exports_avg_3y_usd": 3356586.99561738, "exports_avg_5y_usd": 3330539.05282317, "exports_avg_10y_usd": 3452816.740983048, "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 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