Imports of Germany, France and Italy from Bulgaria, Romania and Poland

How does Bulgaria compare with Romania and Poland in terms of imports to key euro area economies like Germany, France and Italy? This gives an alternative view of the absolute level exports we all are used to read and analyse. But somehow important is also the question posed above. The figures of the imports are 12-month moving average after logarithmic transformations for the period Jan 2006-most recent numbers of 2014. The relative growth rates are presented in the charts below (source of the raw data are countries’ statistical institutes).