Delivery to bulgaria with Express carriers like FedEx, UPS or DHL, an alternative to the Post service.
Are you a company or an individual
and you send parcels or documents to Bulgaria?
With Expedismart.ch, Switzerland’s leading shipping comparison service, your booking includes friendly customer service and favourable prices. Thanks to the agreements we have negotiated with our partner companies, you can benefit from discounts of up to 70% on public tariffs.
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Customs formalities for Bulgaria
Required documents
When sending a parcel from Switzerland to Bulgaria, please include the proforma invoice that is automatically generated by Expedismart.ch, although you can also include your own during your online booking. When you send a new product that you have just purchased, the pro forma invoice is not the receipt you received from the shop. The pro forma invoice is used to inform customs of the exact contents of your package. If the goods have been purchased by the consignee or are resold after arrival in the country, the consignment must be accompanied by a commercial invoice, which can also be created automatically on Expedismart.ch. For valuable goods, we advise you to take out insurance. The cost of insurance is 1% of the value of the goods. You can take out the insurance directly when preparing the shipment with our partner company AXA Winterthur. Remember that if you do not take out transport insurance and your goods are damaged or lost, the Warsaw or Montreal Conventions will apply, and the refund will be around 23 francs per kilo.
Be sure to keep a copy of the declaration form!
(Proforma or commercial invoice)
Compare services and prices for shipping to Bulgaria. In addition, you can choose the professional carrier (FedEx, UPS, Aramex, or TNT) that will pick up your package at your home or office and ship it safely to Bulgaria.
Send a cheap parcel to bulgaria. Think about the commercial invoice or proforma.
- Full address of the recipient and sender (including e-mail address and telephone number)
- Precise description of the contents and value of the goods in CHF
- Date and signature
- The documents shall be completed in English or Bulgarian.
CHECK-LIST
- Full address
- Proforma document
- Customs declaration
- No banned goods
Delivery of goods in Bulgaria?
Customs tariffs
Import duties in Bulgaria are based on the local goods and services tax and the standard VAT of 20%. In addition, they depend on the declared value, the type of shipment and its origin.
Normally, no charges are levied for items of personal use. Such as clothes and toiletries. However, we strongly recommend that all goods are declared on the proforma/commercial documents.
Certain goods are not allowed to be imported into Bulgaria.
Make sure that you do not send any prohibited goods to Bulgaria. Customs officials are particularly strict when it comes to shipping drugs of any kind. The following overview can be adapted by the respective transport company (FedEx, DHL, UPS, TNT, or Aramex).
- Acids, chemicals
- Animal products, animal skins and furs
- Antiques
- Bearer papers
- Bio products
- Ceramic products
- Cheques, travellers cheques
- Coffee and tea
- Computer software
- Cosmetics
- Cotton, cotton seed
- Dangerous goods according to IATA (Intl. Air Transport Association)
- Medicines, prescription and non-prescription
- Foodstuffs
- Gambling machines
- Gases
- Ice, wet
- Infectious substances
- Liquids
- Metals, precious metals
- Machinery and electronics
- Perfume (over 100ml)
- Precious metals and stones, gold
- Textiles, shoes
- Sports equipment
- Sugar beet seed
- Tobacco
*This list may be modified by the country of destination, so please ask for more details if necessary
If you are not sure whether your item falls into the “prohibited goods” category, please contact us by phone or email. We will be happy to provide you with information!
Making express shipments to Bulgaria
Fragile goods
When shipping fragile or delicate items to Bulgaria, it is important to pack the contents properly to protect the goods. Use sufficient cushioning material such as newspapers, foam, or bubble wrap.
Delivery times
When shipping to Bulgaria delays are likely to happen. Therefore, we recommend that you make your shipments as early as possible.
Help shorten delays by making sure your package contains the complete and correct address, as well as the recipient’s email address and a mobile or landline phone number.
Pick-up and delivery to bulgaria
Public holidays
When sending your parcel, please consider the public holidays in Bulgaria. Remember that your packages will not be delivered on these days.
- 1 January – New Year’s Day
- 3 March – Bulgaria’s Liberation from the Ottoman Empire
- Easter Holidays – 4 days /Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday, and Monday – varying each year
- 1 May – Labour and International Worker’s Solidarity Day
- 6 May – Gergyovden (St. George’s Day), and the Bulgarian Army’s Day
- 24 May – Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavic Script Day
- 6 September – Unification Day
- 22 September – Independence Day
- 1 November – Day of the Bulgarian Enlighteners (Holiday for all educational institutions)
- 24 December – Christmas Eve
- 25, 26 December – Christmas Days
Tracking of express parcels to bulgaria
Track your shipment
If you have already shipped to Bulgaria, use the shipment tracking on Expedismart.ch.
Most of our customers send their parcels to Sofia.
If you have any questions or uncertainties, please do not hesitate to contact us by phone (+41 022 575 61 16), by email (admin@expedismart.ch) or via the contact form.
