Bulgaria was ready to be EU's external economic border, Bourgas customs director Dimcho Kiryazov said, as quoted by Bulgarian news agency BTA.

Bulgaria's customs legislation was “completely synchronised” with Europe's, he said.

Bourgas customs would be the only air, water and land customs office in Bulgaria to be at EU boundaries when Bulgaria enters the union, BTA said.

Kiryazov also said that success of Bulgarian custom officers in the fight against drug dealing and smuggling proved that Bulgaria was ready to meet the challenge.

The Bourgas customs directorate brought more than 1.3 billion leva to the state budget in 2006, BTA said.