Bulgaria’s trade deficit narrowed to EUR 892.2 million in September 2026, down from EUR 1,005.5 million in the same month a year earlier. Exports rose by 21.4% year-on-year to EUR 4,422.5 million, supported by robust sales to both EU markets (up 21.7%) and non-EU markets (up 20.8%). Imports increased by 14.3% to EUR 5,314.7 million, reflecting stronger demand for goods from EU countries (up 6.6%) and non-EU countries (up 24.3%).
Over the January–September period, exports grew by 11.3% to EUR 35,599.3 million, with the sharpest increases in shipments to the United Kingdom (24.8%), the United States (26.9%), and Russia (17.0%). Imports during the same period climbed 14.5% to EUR 44,565.2 million, driven mainly by higher purchases from Turkey (34.6%), the United States (17.4%), and Kazakhstan (33.2%). As a result, Bulgaria’s trade deficit for the first nine months of the year widened to EUR 8,965.9 million, compared with EUR 6,925.9 million in the corresponding period of the previous year.
