“Item received at exchange office (BGSOFA / SOFIA)”Normalized: in_transit (In transit)Bulgarian Posts (Български пощи) (bgpost)Speedy (DPD Bulgaria) (speedy)

What Bulgarian Posts 'Item received at exchange office (BGSOFA)' means.

Your international parcel has arrived at Bulgarian Posts' Sofia International Mail Processing Center (BGSOFA / 2280 Sofia) and is being processed for customs release and dispatch to your local Bulgarian post office.

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What is happening in the supply chain

Bulgarian Posts (Български пощи) processes inbound international mail and e-commerce packets at its Sofia International Exchange Office (Разменна пощенска станция София — UPU code BGSOFA, postal code 2280). When tracking displays 'Item received at exchange office' ('Получена пратка в разменна пощенска станция'), the parcel has landed in Bulgaria and is being sorted for either direct domestic dispatch ('Send item to domestic location / Изпращане на Входяща пратка в РПС') or Bulgarian customs inspection ('В митница').

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Verbatim carrier scan
“Item received at exchange office (BGSOFA / SOFIA)”
Normalized API status
in_transit
Typical time to delivery
1–4 business days
Recommended recipient action
Once the parcel reaches your local post office ('Връчване / На гише'), Bulgarian Posts sends an SMS or Viber message to collect the package.
Developer / WISMO action
Query GET /v1/track/{number}?carrier=bgpost to track Sofia exchange arrival and local post office arrival.

How lastscanned normalizes this scan

Instead of maintaining brittle regexes for every carrier's raw scan phrasing across 273 carriers, query GET /v1/track/{number} or connect https://mcp.lastscanned.com.

Get an API keyBulgarian Posts (Български пощи) API docs

Synchronous GET request

curl "https://api.lastscanned.com/v1/track/RF123456789BG" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer lsk_live_YOUR_API_KEY"

Normalized JSON response

{
  "carrier": "bgpost",
  "trackingNumber": "RF123456789BG",
  "status": "in_transit",
  "statusDescription": "Item received at exchange office (BGSOFA / SOFIA)",
  "message": "Send item to domestic location (Inb)",
  "events": [
    {
      "timestamp": "2026-10-26T14:22:00Z",
      "localTime": "2026-10-26T10:22:00",
      "status": "in_transit",
      "description": "Item received at exchange office (BGSOFA / SOFIA)",
      "location": "BGSOFA SOFIA 2280, BG"
    }
  ]
}

Frequently asked questions

What is BGSOFA on my tracking page?
BGSOFA is the UPU code for Bulgarian Posts' International Mail Processing Center (Razmenna Poshtenska Stantsiya) in Sofia.
What does 'Send item to domestic location (Inb)' mean after BGSOFA?
It means the parcel has cleared the Sofia international exchange hub and is on a domestic mail truck heading to your neighborhood post office in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, or your town.

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