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
- 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
- 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.