Bulgaria’s exports to the rest of EU increased by 7.5% in the period January-May 2013, as ompared to the corresponding period of the previous year, and amounted to BGN 10.2 B.

Bulgaria’s main EU trade partners in that period were were Germany, Italy, Romania, Greece and France, which accounted for 69.7% of the exports to the EU Member States.



In May2013, Bulgaria’s exports to the EU decreased by 12.0% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and amounted toBGN 1.9B.



Bulgaria’s imports from the EU in the period January –May 2013 increased by 0.5% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and added up to BGN 11.9 B

at CIF prices. The largest amounts were reported for the goods imported from Germany, Italy, Romania, Greece and Spain.



In May 2013 the Bulgarian imports from the other EU Member States decreased by 11.6% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and amounted to BGN 2.4 B at CIF prices.