Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Bulgaria's import sources for HS product codes where a single source country accounts for >= 80% of total imports and the import value is >= 10,000,000 USD. Only data for the most recent available year is displayed. If you want more data, visit the Country Matrix.
Bulgaria
56 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 740100 | Copper mattes; cement copper (precipitated copper) | 2024 | 100.00% | 28,247,511 |
| 2 | Germany | 740200 | Copper; unrefined, copper anodes for electrolytic refining | 2024 | 99.86% | 16,152,980 |
| 3 | Germany | 381511 | Catalysts, supported; reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, with nickel or nickel compounds as the active substance, n.e.c. or included | 2024 | 99.80% | 15,822,853 |
| 4 | Italy | 860400 | Railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles; whether or not self-propelled (e.g. workshops, cranes, ballast tampers, trackliners, testing coaches and track inspection vehicles) | 2024 | 99.75% | 17,777,167 |
| 5 | Türkiye | 740620 | Copper; powders of lamellar structure, flakes | 2024 | 99.26% | 10,466,957 |
| 6 | Greece | 240411 | Products containing tobacco or reconstituted tobacco, intended for inhalation without combustion | 2024 | 98.39% | 92,254,808 |
| 7 | France | 521159 | Fabrics, woven; containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200g/m2, printed, of weaves n.e.c. in item no. 5211.5 | 2024 | 97.84% | 26,949,351 |
| 8 | India | 730511 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines (not seamless), longitudinally submerged arc welded, having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mm | 2024 | 97.61% | 10,645,755 |
| 9 | Sweden | 841199 | Turbines; parts of gas turbines (excluding turbo-jets and turbo-propellers) | 2024 | 97.31% | 28,995,823 |
| 10 | USA | 841112 | Turbo-jets; of a thrust exceeding 25kN | 2024 | 96.78% | 71,250,111 |
| 11 | Türkiye | 080420 | Fruit, edible; figs, fresh or dried | 2024 | 96.39% | 10,686,180 |
| 12 | China | 903039 | Instruments and apparatus; for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power, with a recording device (excluding multimeters) | 2024 | 96.11% | 10,740,496 |
| 13 | China | 847090 | Machines incorporating a calculating device; n.e.c. in heading no. 8470 | 2024 | 96.09% | 11,317,719 |
| 14 | Türkiye | 722790 | Steel, alloy; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, n.e.c. in heading no. 7227 | 2024 | 94.92% | 14,716,990 |
| 15 | Ukraine | 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 | 2024 | 94.73% | 219,411,743 |
| 16 | Ecuador | 080310 | Fruit, edible; plantains, fresh or dried | 2024 | 94.50% | 25,997,471 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 262019 | Slag, ash and residues; (not from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing mainly zinc, other than hard zinc spelter | 2024 | 94.48% | 12,021,989 |
| 18 | China | 294190 | Antibiotics; n.e.c. in heading no. 2941 | 2024 | 94.13% | 34,874,049 |
| 19 | Türkiye | 400829 | Rubber; vulcanised (other than hard rubber), non-cellular rubber, in forms other than plates, sheets or strip | 2024 | 94.13% | 23,520,149 |
| 20 | Germany | 860500 | Railway or tramway coaches; passenger coaches, luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled (excluding those of heading no. 8604) | 2024 | 94.02% | 16,995,141 |
| 21 | Morocco | 310540 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | 2024 | 93.75% | 15,771,372 |
| 22 | Ukraine | 720720 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight 0.25% or more of carbon | 2024 | 93.27% | 66,583,353 |
| 23 | Poland | 070951 | Vegetables; mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, fresh or chilled | 2024 | 92.29% | 10,821,755 |
| 24 | China | 853952 | Lamps; light-emitting diode (LED) light sources, light-emitting diode (LED) lamps | 2024 | 92.18% | 16,974,647 |
| 25 | Türkiye | 740721 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles, of copper-zinc base alloys (brass) | 2024 | 92.01% | 23,376,249 |
| 26 | China | 854143 | Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels | 2024 | 91.91% | 257,187,989 |
| 27 | Türkiye | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2024 | 91.60% | 162,711,294 |
| 28 | Italy | 511211 | Fabrics, woven; of combed wool or combed fine animal hair, containing 85% or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair, of a weight not exceeding 200g/m2 | 2024 | 91.59% | 13,992,459 |
| 29 | Türkiye | 400911 | Rubber; vulcanised (other than hard rubber), tubing, piping and hoses, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings | 2024 | 91.54% | 34,049,466 |
| 30 | Ecuador | 080390 | Fruit, edible; bananas, other than plantains, fresh or dried | 2024 | 91.11% | 29,621,273 |
| 31 | Türkiye | 080929 | Fruit, edible; cherries, other than sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), fresh | 2024 | 90.83% | 13,582,659 |
| 32 | China | 940549 | Luminaires and light fittings; electric, designed for other than use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 2024 | 89.51% | 19,842,793 |
| 33 | Italy | 880212 | Helicopters, except unmanned; of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg | 2024 | 89.30% | 10,153,000 |
| 34 | China | 871500 | Baby carriages and parts thereof | 2024 | 89.24% | 11,890,703 |
| 35 | Greece | 842119 | Centrifuges; n.e.c. in heading no. 8421, including centrifugal dryers (but not clothes-dryers) | 2024 | 87.97% | 10,350,184 |
| 36 | Viet Nam | 080132 | Nuts, edible; cashew nuts, fresh or dried, shelled | 2024 | 86.99% | 13,551,339 |
| 37 | Brazil | 170114 | Sugars; cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | 2024 | 86.78% | 18,509,839 |
| 38 | Estonia | 710812 | Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | 2024 | 86.69% | 125,387,620 |
| 39 | Türkiye | 700521 | Glass; float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, non-wired, coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or merely surface ground | 2024 | 86.52% | 14,740,916 |
| 40 | Türkiye | 252329 | Cement; portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | 2024 | 86.18% | 45,706,095 |
| 41 | Türkiye | 741300 | Copper; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, not electrically insulated | 2024 | 85.83% | 28,584,673 |
| 42 | Netherlands | 180400 | Cocoa; butter, fat and oil | 2024 | 85.75% | 57,355,206 |
| 43 | North Macedonia | 260700 | Lead ores and concentrates | 2024 | 85.59% | 73,439,934 |
| 44 | Ukraine | 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 | 2024 | 85.06% | 119,599,004 |
| 45 | France | 491199 | Printed matter; n.e.c. in heading no. 4911 | 2024 | 84.14% | 19,799,535 |
| 46 | Netherlands | 262029 | Slag, ash and residues; (not from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing mainly lead; excluding leaded gasoline sludges and leaded anti-knock compound sludges | 2024 | 83.23% | 19,214,854 |
| 47 | Ukraine | 151411 | Vegetable oils; low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, crude | 2024 | 82.67% | 10,227,493 |
| 48 | Mexico | 261610 | Silver ores and concentrates | 2024 | 82.53% | 36,688,712 |
| 49 | Romania | 100199 | Cereals; wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | 2024 | 81.95% | 20,092,234 |
| 50 | Romania | 271012 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not crude, not waste oils; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; light oils and preparations | 2024 | 81.11% | 156,123,210 |
| 51 | China | 852871 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus; not designed to incorporate a video display or screen | 2024 | 80.99% | 20,169,370 |
| 52 | China | 940440 | Quilts, bedspreads, eiderdowns and duvets (comforters) | 2024 | 80.88% | 11,358,319 |
| 53 | Hungary | 850120 | Electric motors; universal AC/DC of an output exceeding 37.5W | 2024 | 80.69% | 10,923,907 |
| 54 | China | 851779 | Communication apparatus; parts, other than aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds | 2024 | 80.64% | 22,336,891 |
| 55 | China | 940511 | Luminaires and light fittings; chandeliers and electric ceiling or wall light fittings; (excluding those used for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares), for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 2024 | 80.41% | 34,357,949 |
| 56 | China | 940171 | Seats; with metal frames, upholstered, (excluding medical, surgical, dental, veterinary or barber furniture) | 2024 | 80.34% | 24,931,876 |
China: 12 occurrences
Türkiye: 11 occurrences
Ukraine: 4 occurrences
Germany: 3 occurrences
Italy: 3 occurrences
Netherlands: 3 occurrences
Ecuador: 2 occurrences
France: 2 occurrences
Greece: 2 occurrences
Romania: 2 occurrences
Brazil: 1 occurrence
Canada: 1 occurrence
Estonia: 1 occurrence
Hungary: 1 occurrence
India: 1 occurrence
Mexico: 1 occurrence
Morocco: 1 occurrence
North Macedonia: 1 occurrence
Poland: 1 occurrence
Sweden: 1 occurrence
USA: 1 occurrence
Viet Nam: 1 occurrence
Legend:
Highlight - the row matches a Danger Zone country and/or a Critical Goods HS code.
ABCBold red partner name - the import source country is flagged in the Danger Zone.
1234Bold lime HS code - the product code is flagged in Critical Goods.