1.7. Exportation of Leva and Foreign Currency in Cash, of Precious Metals and Precious Stones by Resident and Non-Resident Individuals
1.7.1. Exportation of Leva and Foreign Currency in Cash by Resident and Non-Resident Individuals
Resident individuals can export leva and foreign currency in cash, including traveller’s cheques, as follows:

Non-resident individuals can export leva and foreign currency in cash as follows:

  • Upto 5000 leva or their equivalent in foreign currency – without declaring them
  • From 5001 to 20,000 leva or their equivalent in foreign currency – after declaring the amount and how they have been acquired in a Customs Declaration for Foreign Currency (Form 13)
  • Over 20,000 leva or their equivalent in foreign currency – without any restriction after declaring them to the customs authorities if the amount of exported foreign currency and leva does not exceed the amount of imported and declared funds. For the purpose, the Customs Declaration for Foreign Currency (Form 13) should be used.

Note:

  1. Other cases of exportation of leva and foreign currency in cash by non-resident individuals are possible with a Licence issued by the Bulgarian National Bank and after declaring them in a Customs Declaration for Foreign Currency (Form 13).
  2. The Licence issued by the Bulgarian National Bank can be used only once, within 90 days of the date of issue.
1.7.2. Exportation of Precious Metals and Precious Stones by Resident and Non-Resident Individuals
For their private use, resident and non-resident individuals can export processed or unprocessed precious metals and precious stones freely and without declaring them upto the following quantities:
  • Gold and platinum - unprocessed or semi-processed - and coins upto 37 gr., irrespective of the gold and platinum content.
  • Jewels and accessories made of gold and platinum – upto 60 gr., irrespective of the gold and platinum content.
  • Silver – unprocessed or semi-processed - and coins as well as jewels and accessories made of silver alloys, to a total of 300 gr., irrespective of the silver content
  • Precious stones mounted in the above-mentioned articles.

Over the indicated quantity, precious metals and precious stones exported by resident and non-resident individuals, as well as when they are in the form of powder or other articles of precious metals and precious stones, which are not described above, are considered as merchandise, and therefore have to be declared. The provisions of the Law on Customs and the Rules for the Application of the Law on Customs are applicable to them, and:

Terms and definitions:

Resident individual:

Non-resident individual:

Foreign currency:

Foreign currency in cash:

Precious metals: