# Bulgaria Import Opportunities

Explore Bulgaria's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $52.5B
- Import CAGR: +5.8%
- Trade openness: 141.3%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $2.8B | +5.8% | 33 | 1943 |
| 2 | HS 260300 | Copper ores and concentrates | $2.2B | +13.4% | 19 | 1363 |
| 3 | HS 271121 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas | $1.1B | +5.1% | 10 | 2830 |
| 4 | HS 271600 | Electrical energy | $958.7M | +13.5% | 9 | 2821 |
| 5 | HS 120600 | Oil seeds: sunflower seeds, whether or not broken | $430.4M | +21.8% | 35 | 3463 |
| 6 | HS 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 | +12.9% | 70 | 862 |
| 7 | HS 151211 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $287.7M | +19.2% | 23 | 6300 |
| 8 | HS 720711 | Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel: containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (including square) cross-section, width less than twice thickness | $239.5M | +15.0% | 7 | 8807 |
| 9 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $826.0M | +13.3% | 78 | 1380 |
| 10 | HS 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $272.3M | +24.3% | 54 | 3776 |
| 11 | HS 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $552.2M | +22.0% | 40 | 1253 |
| 12 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $770.6M | +9.2% | 82 | 1236 |
| 13 | HS 854370 | Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543 | $206.9M | +17.4% | 72 | 4536 |
| 14 | HS 740811 | Copper: wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | $175.4M | +11.4% | 11 | 8417 |
| 15 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $223.8M | +10.9% | 28 | 5344 |
| 16 | HS 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 | +15.0% | 32 | 2087 |
| 17 | HS 020319 | Meat: of swine, n.e.s. in item no. 0203.1, fresh or chilled | $148.7M | +38.9% | 17 | 5348 |
| 18 | HS 870324 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 3000cc | $207.5M | +11.8% | 43 | 4368 |
| 19 | HS 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $230.6M | +7.0% | 13 | 4879 |
| 20 | HS 720839 | Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | $144.0M | +18.0% | 15 | 6351 |
| 21 | HS 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $197.3M | +26.5% | 55 | 2879 |
| 22 | HS 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $135.2M | +44.6% | 24 | 4594 |
| 23 | HS 841510 | Air conditioning machines: comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, window or wall types, self-contained or split-system | $179.9M | +16.8% | 39 | 3861 |
| 24 | HS 870332 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 2500cc | $436.2M | +11.8% | 49 | 1276 |
| 25 | HS 261690 | Precious metal ores and concentrates: (excluding silver) | $150.0M | +23.1% | 7 | 3953 |
| 26 | HS 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $141.1M | +10.0% | 8 | 6129 |
| 27 | HS 870340 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $248.3M | +44.1% | 35 | 1313 |
| 28 | HS 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $214.6M | +10.6% | 72 | 2625 |
| 29 | HS 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $377.2M | +6.0% | 57 | 1402 |
| 30 | HS 890392 | Motorboats: (other than outboard motorboats), for pleasure or sports, other than inflatable | $102.5M | +23.4% | 23 | 5468 |
| 31 | HS 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 | +12.6% | 81 | 1580 |
| 32 | HS 850440 | Electrical static converters | $188.1M | +14.2% | 82 | 2240 |
| 33 | HS 720838 | Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of 3mm or more but less than 4.75mm | $103.9M | +15.5% | 15 | 5713 |
| 34 | HS 180100 | Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $130.3M | +23.2% | 30 | 2862 |
| 35 | HS 853890 | Electrical apparatus: parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 or 8537 | $319.9M | +14.3% | 67 | 1341 |
| 36 | HS 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $285.9M | +4.2% | 28 | 2009 |
| 37 | HS 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $183.5M | +10.8% | 94 | 2473 |
| 38 | HS 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 | +70.1% | 18 | 2697 |
| 39 | HS 760120 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $234.6M | +15.0% | 33 | 1489 |
| 40 | HS 281410 | Ammonia: anhydrous | $134.8M | +23.5% | 15 | 2731 |
| 41 | HS 870333 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity exceeding 2500cc | $121.8M | +14.8% | 39 | 3160 |
| 42 | HS 270799 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar: n.e.s. in heading no. 2707 | $73.1M | +22.3% | 9 | 5777 |
| 43 | HS 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $257.1M | +12.6% | 102 | 1146 |
| 44 | HS 870360 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $127.7M | +35.5% | 30 | 1685 |
| 45 | HS 070200 | Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled | $81.7M | +18.6% | 25 | 4755 |
| 46 | HS 720720 | Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight 0.25% or more of carbon | $69.1M | +12.4% | 14 | 8752 |
| 47 | HS 240391 | Tobacco: homogenised or reconstituted | $71.8M | +12.6% | 17 | 7795 |
| 48 | HS 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers: polypropylene in primary forms | $191.9M | +16.2% | 45 | 1443 |
| 49 | HS 260700 | Lead ores and concentrates | $83.3M | +5.7% | 7 | 7678 |
| 50 | HS 850131 | Electric motors and generators: DC, of an output not exceeding 750W | $74.2M | +24.1% | 52 | 3873 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [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)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.