Contact Bulgarian trade representatives worldwide
Contacts in the Ministry of Economy and Industry
Vessela Bayraktarova
Head of Europe, Russian federation OND countries and Georgia Department
Foreign Economic Policy and International Cooperation Directorate
tel.: +359 2 9407886
v.bairaktarova@mi.government.bg
Bozhidar Patinov
Senior expert
Europe, Russian federation OND countries and Georgia Department
Foreign Economic Policy and International Cooperation Directorate
tel.: + 359 2 940 7678
b.patinov@mi.government.bg
Еconomic relations between Bulgaria and Belgium
- Trade turnover (mln. euro)
| Year | Export
| Growth % | Import
| Growth % | Balance
| Total turnover
| Growth % |
| 2013 | 642.7 | -16.1 | 479.0 | -37.7 | 163.7 | 1121.7 | -26.9 |
| 2014 | 903.4 | 40.6 | 538.1 | 12.3 | 365.3 | 1441.5 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 853.7 | -5.5 | 607.2 | 12.8 | 246.5 | 1460.9 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 646.5 | -24.3 | 607.6 | 0.1 | 38.9 | 1254.1 | -14.2 |
| 2017 | 1122.4 | 73.6 | 638.2 | 5.0 | 484.2 | 1760.5 | 39.9 |
| 2018 | 982.3 | -12.5 | 637.95 | 0.0 | 344.3 | 1 620.2 | -8.0 |
| 2019 | 850.9 | -13.4 | 642.3 | 0.6 | 208.7 | 1493.2 | -7.9 |
| 2020 | 973.4 | 14.4 | 584.6 | -9.0 | 388.8 | 1558.1 | 4.3 |
| 2021 | 1130.6 | 16.0 | 757.4 | 29.5 | 373.2 | 1887.9 | 21.1 |
| 2022 | 1077.8 | -4.7 | 939.2 | 24.0 | 138.6 | 2017.1 | 6.8 |
| 2023 | 1392.9 | 29.2 | 1107.3 | 17.9 | 285.6 | 2500.2 | 24.0 |
| 2023 1- 6 | 594 253 |
| 574 274 |
| 19 979 | 1 168 528 |
|
| 2024 1- 6 | 442 540 | -25.5 | 499 217 | -13.1 | -56 677 | 941 757 | -19.4 |
Source: Ministry of Economy and Industry
- Belgian Investments in Bulgaria
By the end of 2023, the total value of Belgian investments in Bulgaria amounts to EUR 3.37 billion.
Source: Bulgarian National Bank