Contact Bulgarian trade representatives worldwide
Contacts in the Ministry of Economy and Industry
Vessela Bayraktarova
Head of Europe Department
Foreign Economic Cooperation Directorate
tel.: +359 2 9407886
v.bairaktarova@mi.government.bg
Ketya Manoilova
State expert, Europe department
Foreign economic cooperation directorate
tel.: + 359 2 940 7823
k.manoilova@mi.government.bg
Еconomic relations between Bulgaria and Belgium
- Trade turnover (mln. euro)
| Year | Total turnover | Growth, % | Export | Growth, % | Import | Growth, % | Balance |
| 2013 | 1121.7 | -26.9 | 642.7 | -16.1 | 479 | -37.7 | 163.7 |
| 2014 | 1441.5 | 28.5 | 903.4 | 40.6 | 538.1 | 12.3 | 365.3 |
| 2015 | 1460.9 | 1.3 | 853.7 | -5.5 | 607.2 | 12.8 | 246.5 |
| 2016 | 1 254.1 | -14.2 | 646.5 | -24.3 | 607.6 | 0.1 | 38.9 |
| 2017 | 1 760.5 | 39.9 | 1 122.4 | 73.6 | 638.2 | 5.0 | 484.2 |
| 2018 | 1 620.2 | -8.0 | 982.3 | -12.5 | 637.95 | 0 | 344.3 |
| 2019 | 1493.2 | -7.9 | 850.9 | -13.4 | 642.3 | 0.6 | 208.7 |
| 2020 | 1548.4 | 3.7 | 963.7 | 13.3 | 584.6 | -9.0 | 379.1 |
| 2021 | 1128.9 | 16.0 | 1128.9 | 16.0 | 757.3 | 29.5 | 371.6 |
| 2022 | 2017.1 | 6.8 | 1077.8 | -4.7 | 939.2 | 24.0 | 138.6 |
| 2023 | 2500.3 | 24.0 | 1392.99 | 29.2 | 1107.3 | 17.9 | 285.7 |
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