Commercial and Economic Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Budapest, Hungary
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
Svetoslav Stoynev
Chief expert, Europe department
Foreign Economic Cooperation Directorate
Ministry of Economy and Industry
tel.: + 359 2 940 7706
s.stoynev@mi.government.bg
Economic relations between Bulgaria and Hungary
- Trade turnover (mm. euro)
| Year | Total turnover | Change % | Export | Change % | Import | Change % | Balance |
| 2015 | 1 326.5 | 12.4 | 350.4 | 17.8 | 976.1 | 10.6 | -625.7 |
| 2016 | 1 387.7 | 4.6 | 390.7 | 11.5 | 389.4 | 2.2 | -605.5 |
| 2017 | 1 527.5 | 10.2 | 461.4 | 18.1 | 1 066.0 | 55.4 | -604.6 |
| 2018 | 1 608.4 | 5.3 | 497.7 | 7.9 | 1 110.6 | 4.2 | -612.8 |
| 2019 | 1 708.4 | 6.2 | 516.2 | 3.7 | 1992.5 | 3.6 | -676.2 |
| 2020 | 1 685.5 | 1.4 | 486.1 | -5.8 | 1199.4 | 0.6 | 713.2 |
| 2021 | 2073.0 | 22.9 | 638.9 | 31.3 | 1434.1 | 19.5 | -795.2 |
| 2022 | 2293.2 | 10.6 | 564.3 | -11.7 | 1728.9 | 10.6 | -1164.7 |
| 2023 | 2293.2 | 10.6 | 564.3 | -11.7 | 1728.9 | 10.62 | -1164.7 |
Source: Ministry of Economy and Industry
- Hungary in Bulgaria
According to the Bulgarian National Bank, the total foreign direct investments from Hungary in Bulgaria for the whole period of 2023 amount to EUR 2 393.5 billion.