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Bulgaria · Oil imports

Bulgaria: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015

Counted by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.

In 2023, Bulgaria imported 6.2 million tonnes of crude oil. Its refined-product imports were 1.4 million tonnes, most from Russia (37%), Romania (28%) and Greece (13%).

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Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2023
Method
How this figure is made

Counted by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.

Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.

The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average; a month that is not published is a gap.

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Crude oil, 2023

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100% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

Share of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026

3-month average of monthly shares; blank months were not published
Oct 2020Jul 20260%25%50%75%100%
  • Russia
  • Iraq
  • Egypt
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Italy
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2023
Method
How this figure is made

Counted by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.

Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.

The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average; a month that is not published is a gap.

Refined products, 2023

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0.3% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

Refined product imports by product family: million tonnes, largest origin and months published.
Road dieselImports:0.50 Mt · Greece 32%months: 12 with imports
Petrolshown belowImports:0.18 Mt · Romania 86%months: 12 with imports
Jet fuelImports:0.02 Mt · Greece 96%months: 12 with imports
Heating and other gasoilImports:0.23 Mt · Russia 100%months: 11 with imports · 1 not published
Fuel oilImports:0.04 Mt · Romania 78%months: 12 with imports
NaphthaImports:none importedmonths: 11 reported none · 1 not published
LPGImports:0.46 Mt · Russia 35%months: 12 with imports

Petrol

In 2023, Bulgaria imported 179 thousand tonnes of petrol, most from Romania (86%), Serbia (11%) and Greece (0.7%).

2% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

Share of petrol imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026

3-month average of monthly shares; blank months were not published
Oct 2020Jul 20260%25%50%75%100%Romania 82.0%Serbia 16.5%
  • Romania
  • Serbia
  • Greece
  • Slovakia
  • Hungary
  • Netherlands
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
Petrol imports of Bulgaria in 2023 by origin (by country of production).
RomaniaEUShare:86%Thousand tonnes:154
SerbiaShare:11%Thousand tonnes:20
GreeceEUShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:1
Cannot be traced to a named country2%4
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2023
Method
How this figure is made

Counted by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.

Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.

The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average; a month that is not published is a gap.

Year by year

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Select a year to see its origins above.

Crude oil and refined product imports by year: million tonnes, largest origin and months published. Select a year for its origins.
January–July 2026Crude oil:3.71 Mtmonths: 7 with importsRefined products:0.65 Mt · Romania 28%months: 7 with imports
2025Crude oil:4.84 Mtmonths: 12 with importsRefined products:1.61 Mt · Romania 29%months: 12 with imports
2024Crude oil:6.60 Mtmonths: 12 with importsRefined products:1.36 Mt · Romania 32%months: 12 with imports
2023shown belowCrude oil:6.24 Mtmonths: 12 with importsRefined products:1.43 Mt · Russia 37%months: 12 with imports
2022Crude oil:7.10 Mtmonths: 12 with importsRefined products:1.61 Mt · Russia 44%months: 12 with imports
2021Crude oil:4.15 Mtmonths: 11 with imports · 1 reported noneRefined products:1.67 Mt · Romania 39%months: 12 with imports
2020Crude oil:4.85 Mtmonths: 12 with importsRefined products:1.64 Mt · Romania 44%months: 12 with imports
2019Crude oil:6.99 Mt · Russia 63%months: 12 with importsRefined products:1.63 Mt · Romania 50%months: 12 with imports
2018Crude oil:5.85 Mt · Russia 69%months: 11 with imports · 1 reported noneRefined products:1.50 Mt · Romania 47%months: 12 with imports
2017Crude oil:6.85 Mt · Russia 69%months: 12 with importsRefined products:1.85 Mt · Romania 46%months: 12 with imports
2016Crude oil:6.19 Mt · Russia 78%months: 12 with importsRefined products:1.67 Mt · Romania 46%months: 12 with imports
2015Crude oil:6.05 Mt · Russia 93%months: 12 with importsRefined products:1.62 Mt · Romania 39%months: 12 with imports
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2023
Method
How this figure is made

Counted by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.

Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.

The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average; a month that is not published is a gap.