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Ireland

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

Ketya Manoilova
State expert, Europe, Russian Federation and CIS countries and Georgia Department
Foreign economic policy and international cooperation directorate
tel.: + 359 2 940 7823
k.manoilova@mi.government.bg

Economic relations between Bulgaria and Ireland

  1. Trade turnover (mln. euro)

Year

Export

Growth %

Import

Growth %

Balance

Total turnover

Growth %

2013

29.8

-2.0

82.2

-3.1

-52.4

112

-2.8

2014

71.7

140.6

79.2

-5.7

-7.4

150.9

33.2

2015

29.9

-58.3

81.3

4.9

-51.4

111.2

-25.5

2016

33.9

13.7

98.2

20.8

-64.3

132.1

18.9

2017

46.4

36.9

114.3

16.4

-67.9

160.7

21.6

2018

97.8

110.8

137.4

20.2

-39.6

235.3

46.3

2019

83.3

-14.9

182.2

32.5

-98.9

265.5

12.8

2020

66.3

-20.4

185.1

1.6

-118.8

251.4

-5.3

2021

60.3

-9.0

239.5

29.4

-179.2

299.8

19.3

2022

101

67.5

200

-16.5

-99.0

301.0

0.4

2023

132.9

31.6

197.6

-1.2

-28.3

330.5

9.8

2023 1-6

69.8

97.5

-27.8

167.3

2024 1-6

70.2

0.7

98.99

1.5

-28.8

169.2

1.2

Source: Ministry of Economy and Industry

  1. Irish investments in Bulgaria

At the end of the second quarter of 2024, the total value of investments from Ireland amounted to 884.5 million euros.

Investments are mainly in the field of real estate, hotels and restaurants, financial intermediation, construction, trade, processing industry and mining, transport and communications.

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