Contact Bulgarian trade representatives worldwide
Contacts in the Ministry of Economy and Industry
Vessela Bayraktarova
Head of Europe, Russian Federation and CIS countries and Georgia Department
Foreign economic policy and international cooperation directorate
tel.: +359 2 9407886
v.bairaktarova@mi.government.bg
Emil Tepavicharov
Chief expert, Europe, Russian Federation and CIS countries and Georgia Department
Foreign economic policy and international cooperation directorate
tel.: + 359 2 940 7610
e.tepavicharov@mi.government.bg
Еconomic relations between Bulgaria and Finland
1. Trade turnover (mln. euro)
| Year | Total turnover | % | Export | % | Import | % | Balance |
| 2011 | 98.8 | -19.3 | 36.9 | 35.2 | 61.9 | -34.9 | -25.0 |
| 2012 | 97.8 | -1.0 | 36.5 | -1.1 | 61.3 | -1.0 | -24.8 |
| 2013 | 83.6 | -14.5 | 37.6 | 3.0 | 46.0 | -25.0 | -8.4 |
| 2014 | 126.4 | 51.2 | 78.1 | 107.7 | 48.3 | 5.0 | 29.8 |
| 2015 | 121.3 | -4.0 | 60.8 | -22.1 | 60.5 | 25.2 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | 108.8 | -9.7 | 41.2 | -31.2 | 67.5 | 11.6 | -26.2 |
| 2017 | 108.3 | -0.6 | 44.3 | 7.2 | 63.9 | -5.3 | -19.6 |
| 2018 | 141.1 | 30.3 | 59.5 | 34.1 | 81.6 | 27.7 | -14.9 |
| 2019 | 132.0 | -6.5 | 64.1 | 7.7 | 67.9 | -16.8 | -3.8 |
| 2020 | 144.9 | 9.8 | 65.5 | 0.8 | 80.4 | 18.3 | 15.9 |
| 2021 | 162.5 | 12.2 | 77.5 | 20.1 | 84.9 | 5.8 | -7.3 |
| 2022 | 223.8 | 27.5 | 108.9 | 32.3 | 114.9 | 23.1 | -6.0 |
| 2023 | 224.3 | 0.2 | 98.4 | -9.6 | 125.8 | 9.5 | -27.4 |
| 2023 m. 1-6 | 116.932 |
| 49.218 |
| 67.714 |
| -18.496 |
| 2024 m. 1-6 | 104.623 | -10.5 | 43.451 | -11.7 | 61.172 | -9.7 | -17.722 |
Source: Ministry of Economy and Industry
2. Finnish investments in Bulgaria
According to the Bulgarian National Bank, the total foreign direct investments from Finland in Bulgaria at the end of June 2024 amounted to 71.1 mln euros.