Export amounted to 14.445 bln leva (7.385 bln euros) in the January – July period, which is 8.6% more than the respective period in 2006, shows data released by the National Statistics Institute.

Bulgaria exports mainly to Turkey (1.66 bln leva) and Germany (1.598 bln leva), as well as to Italy (1.568 bln leva), Greece (1.355 bln leva), and Belgium (913.1 mln leva).

Import came to 23.157 bln leva (11.840bln euros) in the period concerned, which is 18.1% up from a year ago.

According to statistics, Bulgaria imports primarily from Russia (3.093 bln leva) Germany (2.879 blnleva), Italy (2.103 bln leva), Turkey, Greece, and Ukraine.