Bulgaria · Oil imports
Bulgaria: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
In 2018, Bulgaria imported 5.9 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (69%), Iraq (25%) and Egypt (3%). Its refined-product imports were 1.5 million tonnes, most from Romania (47%), Russia (29%) and Kazakhstan (9%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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 over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.
Crude oil, 2018
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Russia
- Iraq
- Egypt
- Saudi Arabia
- Kazakhstan
- Italy
- Other origins
- Origin not published
- No imports reported
Every crude origin, 2018
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:69% | Thousand tonnes:4,047 | |
| Iraq | Share:25% | Thousand tonnes:1,458 | |
| Egypt | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:162 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:81 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:75 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:29 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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 over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.
Refined products, 2018
Calculated| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road dieselshown below | Imports:0.57 Mt · Romania 53%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.23 Mt · Romania 87%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:0.02 Mt · Greece 100%months: 9 with imports · 1 reported none · 2 not published |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.22 Mt · Russia 99%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:0.03 Mt · Romania 43%months: 9 with imports · 3 reported none |
| Naphtha | Imports:none importedmonths: 11 reported none · 1 not published |
| LPG | Imports:0.43 Mt · Romania 44%months: 12 with imports |
Road diesel
In 2018, Bulgaria imported 575 thousand tonnes of road diesel, most from Romania (53%), Russia (25%) and Greece (14%).
Share of road diesel imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Greece
- Türkiye
- Egypt
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| RomaniaEU | Share:53% | Thousand tonnes:305 | |
| Russia | Share:25% | Thousand tonnes:145 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:78 | |
| Serbia | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:47 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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 over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.
Year by year
CalculatedSelect a year to see its origins above.
| Year | Crude oilmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published | Refined productsmillion tonnes, seven product families · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|---|
| January–July 2026 | Crude oil:3.71 Mtmonths: 7 with imports | Refined products:0.65 Mt · Romania 28%months: 7 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:4.84 Mtmonths: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.61 Mt · Romania 29%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:6.60 Mtmonths: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.36 Mt · Romania 32%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:6.24 Mtmonths: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.43 Mt · Russia 37%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:7.10 Mtmonths: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.61 Mt · Russia 44%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:4.15 Mtmonths: 11 with imports · 1 reported none | Refined products:1.67 Mt · Romania 39%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:4.85 Mtmonths: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.64 Mt · Romania 44%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:6.99 Mt · Russia 63%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.63 Mt · Romania 50%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018shown below | Crude oil:5.85 Mt · Russia 69%months: 11 with imports · 1 reported none | Refined products:1.50 Mt · Romania 47%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:6.85 Mt · Russia 69%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.85 Mt · Romania 46%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:6.19 Mt · Russia 78%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.67 Mt · Romania 46%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:6.05 Mt · Russia 93%months: 12 with imports | Refined 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
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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 over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.