Recycling · aluminium · Bulgaria

Aluminium scrap – Bulgaria: buyers and trade

Bulgaria exports more aluminium scrap than it imports – by 31.9k t in 2025. Largest supplier: Greece; largest buyer: Türkiye. Data: Eurostat Comext (CN 7602 00 11, 7602 00 19, 7602 00 90) and the Companies register.

A picture of the market – not a commercial recommendation. No prices, ratings or rankings; ordered by straight-line distance or alphabetically. Contact through the company website; the register holds no personal data.

7aluminium scrap buyers in the country melting 6 · processors 1 Show on the map →
3.40k timports 2025 · −18.1% y/y
35.3k texports 2025 · −3.0% y/y
2,126 EUR/timport unit value 2025 – from declarations, not a market price

Scrap trade

Imports and exports of aluminium scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t)
Imports and exports of aluminium scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t) Bulgaria – aluminium scrap, thousand t: 2021 imports 1.90, exports 43.7; 2022 imports 4.70, exports 37.1; 2023 imports 5.90, exports 35.6; 2024 imports 4.20, exports 36.4; 2025 imports 3.40, exports 35.3. 0 10 20 30 40 50 imports 2021: 1,860 t exports 2021: 43,734 t 2021 imports 2022: 4,747 t exports 2022: 37,083 t 2022 imports 2023: 5,914 t exports 2023: 35,644 t 2023 imports 2024: 4,206 t exports 2024: 36,434 t 2024 imports 2025: 3,443 t exports 2025: 35,343 t 2025 imports exports

Partners 2025

Imports from (t)

Greece1,304
Pakistan448
Romania399
North Macedonia286
Serbia284

Exports to (t)

Türkiye9,336
Romania8,292
India4,897
Greece2,797
Italy1,028
2015–2025 series and unit values
Aluminium scrap trade – Bulgaria, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 2,86922,35019,481 1,3811,374
2016 1,55124,23522,684 1,1021,217
2017 2,33928,03725,698 1,1841,388
2018 1,62231,06929,447 1,1671,416
2019 2,00234,24232,239 9681,121
2020 2,21733,27331,056 1,0121,015
2021 1,86043,73441,874 1,5301,567
2022 4,74737,08332,336 1,7582,215
2023 5,91435,64429,730 1,8951,804
2024 4,20636,43432,227 1,9881,941
2025 3,44335,34331,900 2,1262,013
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 2,20719,42217,214 2,6152,386

Unit value (EUR/t) – value divided by mass from trade declarations (Comext); an approximation of the price level, not a market price. CN codes: 7602 00 11, 7602 00 19, 7602 00 90 . Source: Eurostat Comext – EU trade by CN8 (DS-045409), as of 2026-10-20. Balance = exports − imports. Comext

EU-27 context

EU-27 exports of aluminium scrap to non-EU countries amounted to 1,277.3k t in 2025 (1,257.7k t in 2024), imports from outside the EU – 652.4k t. Main non-EU buyers: India 383k t, Thailand 149.6k t, China 127.1k t. EU scrap market →

Buyers – Bulgaria

All buyers in the finder →
smelter (document or value-chain link) smelter – type of plant (semi-finished products, foundry) processor Base map: Natural Earth (public domain). Location of some plants: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  1. Alcomet AD

    Alcomet AD, Szumen · Bulgaria

    smelter From the type of plant – not from a document B class B source · verified 2026-10-08

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  2. БМП Близнаци ООД

    БМП Близнаци ООД (BMP Bliznaci OOD), Straja near Targovishte · Bulgaria

    smelter From the chain link – grades not established B class B source · verified 2026-10-08

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  3. ETEM Bulgaria

    ETEM Bulgaria, Sofia · Bulgaria

    smelter From the type of plant – not from a document C class C source · verified 2026-10-08

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  4. Феникс Инверс ООД

    Феникс Инверс ООД (Fenix Invers OOD), Lovech (company head office) · Bulgaria

    smelter From the chain link – grades not established B class B source · verified 2026-10-08

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  5. ИКОМЕТ ЕООД

    ИКОМЕТ ЕООД (IKOMET EOOD), Razgrad · Bulgaria

    smelter From the chain link – grades not established B class B source · verified 2026-10-08

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  6. Ленассо ЕООД

    Ленассо ЕООД (Lenasso EOOD), Stryama (Rakovski municipality, Plovdiv province) · Bulgaria

    smelter From the type of plant – not from a document B class B source · verified 2026-10-08

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  7. Ростер ООД

    Kameno – baza recyklingu metali, Kameno · Bulgaria

    processor Scrap in a plant document B class B source · verified 2026-10-08

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, mixed copper-bearing scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    Buyer card · Source ↗

Straight-line distance (great circle) from the shipping point – not road distance. The description of the shipment procedure is general and does not constitute legal advice. Legal status as of 20 October 2026: Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste. The classification of the waste and the obligations of the parties are determined case by case.

Pages of the Recycling tab and their Markdown versions: text and data mining (including model training) allowed with attribution (ai-waw.com). Data files (.json, .csv, .xlsx) are reserved (Art. 4(3) Directive (EU) 2019/790), like the data files of the Companies register.

Citation: ai-waw.com, “Aluminium scrap – Bulgaria: buyers and trade”, 2026. · Markdown · JSON

← Buyers by country · Scrap code translator · Method – Recycling section