Commercial and Economic Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Berlin, Germany
Commercial and Economic Office in Munich, Germany
Commercial and Economic Office in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Commercial and Economic Office in Hamburg, Germany
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
Dayana Popangelova
Europe Department
Foreign Economic Cooperation Directorate
Ministry of Economy and Industry
tel.: +359 2 940 7697
d.popangelova@mi.government.bg
Economic relations between Bulgaria and Germany
- Trade turnover (mm. euro)
Year | Total Turnover | Growth % | Export
| Growth % | Import | Growth % | Balance |
2013 | 5 534 | 11.6 | 2 741 | 28.9 | 2 793 | -1.3 | -52 |
2014 | 5 868 | 6.0 | 2 655 | -3.1 | 3 213 | 15.0 | -558 |
2015 | 6 288 | 7.2 | 2 893 | 9.0 | 3 395 | 5.7 | -502 |
2016 | 6 638 | 5.6 | 3 216 | 11.2 | 3 422 | 0.8 | -206 |
2017 | 7 294 | 9.9 | 3 590 | 11.7 | 3 703 | 8.2 | -112 |
2018 | 8 153 | 11.8 | 4 174 | 16.2 | 3 979 | 7.5 | 194 |
2019 | 8 462 | 3.7 | 4 410 | 5.6 | 4 052 | 1.8 | 358 |
2020 | 8 202 | -3.1 | 4 466 | 1.7 | 3 715 | -8.3 | 771 |
2021 | 9 981 | 21.7 | 5 181 | 15.5 | 4 800 | 29.3 | 380 |
2022 | 11 803 | 18.2 | 6 339 | 22.3 | 5 464 | 13.8 | 875 |
2023 | 13 198 | 12.4 | 6 053 | 13.7 | 6 151 | 12.4 | -106 |
2024 | 12 319 | 1.1 | 6 554 | 15.2 | 5 765 | 11.6 | 788 |
Source: Ministry of Economy and Industry
- German investments in Bulgaria
According to BNB data, total German investments in Bulgaria amount to January 2025. in the amount of 4,095 billion euros.