Bulgaria - Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Bulgaria was 59.75 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65.79 in 2003 and a minimum value of 47.54 in 2012.

Definition: Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals).

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

See also:

Year Value
1996 60.12
1997 61.12
1998 61.90
1999 58.51
2000 56.74
2001 60.80
2002 62.15
2003 65.79
2004 62.33
2005 59.26
2006 53.30
2007 55.46
2008 51.26
2009 52.78
2010 49.25
2011 48.28
2012 47.54
2013 48.02
2014 51.94
2015 54.55
2016 57.04
2017 55.29
2018 57.42
2019 57.84
2020 59.75

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 export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports