Contact Bulgarian trade representatives worldwide
Contacts in the Ministry of Economy and Industry
Vessela Bayraktarova
Head of Europe Department
Foreign Economic Cooperation Directorate
Ministry of Economy and industry
tel.: +359 2 9407886
v.bairaktarova@mi.government.bg
Antoaneta Hristova
Chief expert, Europe department
Foreign economic cooperation directorate
Ministry of Economy and Industry
tel.: + 359 2 9407693
a.hristova@mi.government.bg
Economic relations between Bulgaria and France
- Trade turnover (mln. euro)
| Year | Total turnover | growth,% | Export | growth,% | Import | growth,% | Balance |
| 2014 | 1741,8 | 0,8 | 948,0 | -1,3 | 793,8 | 3,4 | 154,2 |
| 2015 | 1809,3 | 3,9 | 976,0 | 2,9 | 833,3 | 5,0 | 142,7 |
| 2016 | 1887,5 | 4,3 | 1063,4 | 9,0 | 824,1 | -1,1 | 239,3 |
| 2017 | 1964,6 | 4,1 | 1092,6 | 2,8 | 871,9 | 5,8 | 220,8 |
| 2018 | 2007,4 | 2,2 | 1126,6 | 3,1 | 880,8 | 1,0 | 245,7 |
| 2019 | 2138,7 | 6,5 | 1127,2 | 0,1 | 1011,4 | 14,8 | 115,8 |
| 2020 | 1961,3 | -8,3 | 1074,1 | -4,7 | 887,1 | -12,3 | 187,0 |
| 2021 | 2298,1 | 17,2 | 1267,1 | 18,0 | 1031,0 | 16,2 | 236,1 |
| 2022 | 2776,9 | 20,8 | 1574,9 | 24,3 | 1202, | 16,6 | 372,9 |
| 2023 | 2778,9 | 8,7 | 1451,3 | -7,8 | 1327,6 | 10,4 | 123,7 |
Source: Ministry of Economy and Industry
- French investments in Bulgaria
According to the Bulgarian National Bank, the total foreign direct investments from France in Bulgaria at the end of December 2023 amounted to 1,185 bln euros.