Bulgaria - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Bulgaria was 8.48 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35.98 in 1992 and a minimum value of 3.38 in 2002.

Definition: Fuels comprise the commodities in SITC section 3 (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

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Year Value
1992 35.98
1996 33.73
1997 30.41
1998 21.79
1999 19.95
2000 4.60
2001 5.02
2002 3.38
2003 3.93
2004 3.94
2005 5.36
2006 5.28
2007 19.69
2008 21.83
2009 20.14
2010 22.16
2011 23.02
2012 24.87
2013 23.04
2014 19.98
2015 15.57
2016 12.43
2017 14.15
2018 13.54
2019 13.83
2020 8.48

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports