bulgaria

TRANSPORT FACT SHEET

1. COUNTRY: BULGARIA
2. CAPITAL: Sofia
3. GDP GROWTH RATE: 3.7%
4. MAJOR COMMERCIAL CITIES: Sofia, Plovdiv. Varna, Burgas.
5. MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: • Sofia Airport (SOF) • Burgas Airport (BOJ) • Varna Airport (VAR) • Plovdiv Airport (PDV)
6. MAJOR SEAPORTS:
   • Port of Balchik.
   • Port of Bourgas.
   • Port of Nessebar (Nesebur)
   • Port of Pomorie.
   • Port of Sozopol.
   • Port of Tzarevo (Tsarevo ).
   • Port of Varna.
7. RAIL AND ROADWAYS: Bulgaria had some 6,238 kilometers of open access track owned by the state company "National Company Railway Infrastructure", 324 kilometers of high-speed highways were in service in 2000.
8. EXPORT GOODS: clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels, agriculture, tobacco, IT components
9. EXPORT PARTNERS: Germany, Romania, Italy, Turkey, Greece, France, China, Belgium, Spain, Netherland
10. IMPORT GOODS: machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials
11. IMPORT PARTNERS: Germany, Russia, Italy, Romania, Turkey, China, Greece, Spain, Hungary, Netherland