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Import market · HS 8609 · BG

Bulgaria imports of Containers (HS 8609)

Where Bulgaria buys containers: value, growth, unit value and the top suppliers, from official CEPII BACI and Eurostat statistics. World market for HS 8609 · Bulgaria trade profile

Bulgaria imports, 2024USD 5.4 millionSum over 28 supplying economies. Source: CEPII BACI.
Bulgaria imports, 2023USD 5.8 millionSame partners, previous year. Source: CEPII BACI.
Growth−6.5%2024 against 2023, USD. Source: CEPII BACI.
Unit valueUSD 1,490 per tonneValue divided by quantity, flows with a reported quantity only (100.0% of the value). Source: CEPII BACI.
Bulgaria imports with all partners, 2026-07EUR 294,967Latest month in the database. Source: Eurostat Comext DS-045409, record DS-045409:BG:WORLD:8609:1:2026-07.
Trade companies in the directory1,276Active companies in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G) in this economy, counts only. Source: AYBARION company directory, see the Data Passport.

Top suppliers

#SupplierValue 2024ShareGrowthRecord
1TürkiyeUSD 1.1 million20.6%+128.5%BACI:BG:TR:8609:1:2024
2SlovakiaUSD 597,94911.0%−20.8%BACI:BG:SK:8609:1:2024
3EgyptUSD 578,93010.6%+106.5%BACI:BG:EG:8609:1:2024
4NetherlandsUSD 547,09510.1%+10.9%BACI:BG:NL:8609:1:2024
5GreeceUSD 477,9258.8%−71.5%BACI:BG:GR:8609:1:2024
6ChinaUSD 409,7307.5%+106.2%BACI:BG:CN:8609:1:2024
7RomaniaUSD 338,6126.2%+114.7%BACI:BG:RO:8609:1:2024
8AustriaUSD 268,1464.9%+12,430.2%BACI:BG:AT:8609:1:2024
9BermudaUSD 227,3124.2%−22.9%BACI:BG:BM:8609:1:2024
10GermanyUSD 220,1574.0%−31.1%BACI:BG:DE:8609:1:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Shares of the Bulgaria total over the partners BACI lists. Record IDs per row.

Trade companies: active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G) in Bulgaria, counted in the AYBARION company directory. The matching wholesale activity for this product is Wholesale of other machinery and equipment (NACE 4669). Counts only.

Import requirements in Bulgaria

  • European Union: 17 import measures recorded for HS 8609 (controls, licences, certificates, quotas and duties at commodity code level). Source: EU TARIC measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view).
  • European Union: third country (MFN) duty 0.0% ad valorem across 2 tariff lines. Preferential rates under trade agreements can be lower. Source: EU TARIC duty measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view).

As an EU member, Bulgaria applies the EU common customs tariff.

Counts of official tariff measures, not advice. Members see every measure, document code and duty for their own origin and destination.

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Data Passport

  • CEPII BACI HS22 V202601: trade values by exporter, importer and product, years 2024 and 2023, USD at FOB prices, quantities in metric tons. Publisher: CEPII. Licence: Etalab Open Licence 2.0 (Licence Ouverte), attribution "CEPII BACI". Record IDs: BACI:reporter:product:flow:year. Source
  • Eurostat Comext DS-045409: Bulgaria monthly imports, EUR and net mass, last month 2026-07. Licence: Eurostat reuse policy, free reuse with attribution "Source: Eurostat" (© European Union). Record ID: DS-045409:BG:WORLD:8609:1:2026-07. Source
  • EU TARIC measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view) (EU measures): HMRC / Department for Business and Trade (EU TARIC data). Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Snapshot 2026-10-22. Source
  • EU TARIC duty measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view) (EU measures): HMRC / Department for Business and Trade (EU TARIC data). Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Snapshot 2026-10-23. Source
  • AYBARION company directory: counts of active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE Rev.2 section G), from official registers and open datasets, built 2026-10-22. Counts only: no names, addresses or contacts are shown here. Sources under share-alike licences (CC BY-SA) or with an unverified licence are not counted, and no company data is offered for countries under comprehensive sanctions.
  • Method: Values are CEPII BACI reconciled flows of Bulgaria with each partner, aggregated from HS6 to HS4; the total is the sum over partners; shares divide each partner by that total; growth compares 2024 with 2023; unit value is value divided by quantity over flows that report a quantity. Peru and the Philippines are left out of lists and totals by policy.

Trade database built 2026-10-24. Values are official statistics as published; nothing on this page is estimated or invented. More in our methodology.

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