# Bulgaria to United Kingdom Vehicle parts and accessories lane risk (HS 870899)

Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak. This macro trade lane has 30 years of reported coverage through 2024.

- Attention: High attention
- Volatility: Highly volatile (1.8)
- Maximum drawdown: 100%
- Import demand: import demand softened recently
- Importer-market imports: $2.4B
- Exporter market share: 0.2%
- Access: Reported FTA available
- Macro context: importer macro trend resilient

## Macro and route context

- Importer-market five-year CAGR: -1.4%
- Importer GDP per capita: $47.3K
- Population estimate: 67,327k
- HS classification: Chapter 87, heading 8708
- Reported trade type: Two-way vertical trade
- Average applied tariff: 0%
- Preferential tariff: 0%
- Route distance: 2,019 km
- Country-level entry indicator: 4.5 days

Source: country-level reported merchandise trade observations and calculated risk indicators. This page does not represent named buyers, purchase orders, or a company-level forecast.


## Complete trade evidence

| Measure | Value | Type | Interpretation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Importer-market imports | $2.4B | Reported | United Kingdom latest reported imports |
| Exporter exports | $4.2M | Reported | Bulgaria latest reported exports to United Kingdom |
| Historical peak exports | $9.5M | Reported | Highest reported lane exports |
| Current below peak | 55.8% | Calculated | Difference from historical peak |
| Historical-average comparison | +293.7% | Calculated | Current value compared with historical average |
| Import-demand change | -10% | Calculated | Latest annual change in importer-market imports |
| Importer-market five-year projection | $2.3B | Calculated | Calculated import-market projection |
| Exporter market share | 0.2% | Calculated | Exporter share of reported importer-market imports |
| Addressable three-year value | $292.4M | Calculated | Calculated addressable trade projection |
| Reported source countries | 105 | Reported | Latest observed exporter-country count |
| Applied tariff | 0% | Reported | Average applied tariff indicator |
| Preferential tariff | 0% | Reported | Average preferential tariff indicator |
| Tariff advantage | +0 pp | Calculated | Difference between relevant tariff indicators |
| Lane volatility | 1.8 | Calculated | Variation across observed values |
| Maximum drawdown | 100% | Calculated | Largest fall from a prior peak |
| Risk drivers | high_volatility, unrecovered_drawdown | Calculated | Recorded calculated driver categories |
| Macro resilience | importer macro trend resilient | Calculated | Importer-country macro classification |
| Observed history | 30 years | Reported | Coverage through 2024 |

## Frequently asked questions

### What does Bulgaria to United Kingdom lane risk mean?

It summarizes country-level reported trade recovery, volatility, drawdown, access conditions, competition, import demand, and macro context for the exporter-to-importer lane.

### Is this a guaranteed risk forecast?

No. The page combines reported observations with calculated indicators for research. Validate counterparties, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and commercial conditions before acting.

### How should this lane-risk page be used?

Use it to identify questions for deeper product and importer-market research, then compare the lane with current trade, access conditions, source countries, and alternative markets.

## Related Yugalinks analysis

- [Bulgaria export opportunities](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/bgr/opportunities)
- [United Kingdom import opportunities](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/importer/gbr/opportunities)
- [HS 870899 product overview](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/870899)
- [Bulgaria regional playbook](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/playbook/BGR/region/europe)
- [Bulgaria machinery sector playbook](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/playbook/BGR/sector/machinery)
- [United Kingdom regional playbook](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/playbook/GBR/region/europe)
- [United Kingdom machinery sector playbook](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/playbook/GBR/sector/machinery)
- [Methods and definitions](https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology)

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-31). [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.

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