Bulgaria

Customs Regulations

Travellers should declare jewellery, cameras, computers, and other valuables upon arrival in order to avoid difficulties when departing. Travellers entering Bulgaria with more than 8,000 Bulgarian Leva or the equivalent (around GBP 2,800) in either foreign currency or travellers checks must declare the money and/or checks to Customs officials upon arrival. Travellers entering Bulgaria with any amount of cut or uncut gems, unworked gold or unworked silver must also declare these valuables. Foreign nationals intending to declare money or valuables who enter Bulgaria through Sofia Airport are strongly encouraged to use the red "Something to Declare" line and not the green "Nothing to Declare" line at Customs, even if specifically invited into the green line by a Customs official. The Bulgarian government considers entry through the green line to be a formal, irrevocable declaration that the traveller is carrying less than 8,000 Leva, and Customs authorities have sometimes confiscated travellers' entire funds if they are carrying undeclared cash in excess of that amount.
Travellers who attempt to leave the country with the equivalent of 25,000 Bulgarian Leva or more must complete a customs declaration on which they must state the origin of the money, and present a certificate from the Bulgarian regional internal revenue service proving they do not owe taxes, unless the sum is less than the amount originally reported when initially brought into the country.
Bulgaria's customs authorities encourage the use of an ATA (Admission Temporaire/Temporary Admission) Carnet for the temporary admission of professional equipment, commercial samples, and/or goods for exhibitions and fair purposes.
A Border Crossing Guide is available online at: http://www.bcci.bg/border_cr/

Information provided by the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in the United Kingdom