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Malta

Contacts in the Ministry of Economy and Industry

Vessela Bayraktarova
Head of Europe Department
Foreign economic cooperation directorate
tel.: +359 2 9407886
v.bairaktarova@mi.government.bg

Ketya Manoilova
State expert, Europe department
Foreign economic cooperation directorate
tel.: + 359 2 940 7823
k.manoilova@mi.government.bg

Economic relations between Bulgaria and Malta

  1. Trade turnover (mln. euro)

Year

export

growth %

import

growth %

Total turnover

growth %

balance

2011

31.2

495.2

13.5

-47.9

44.7

38.8

17.7

2012

11.1

-64.4

45.8

339.3

56.9

27.3

-34.7

2013

22.7

204.5

6.6

-85.9

29.4

-48.3

16.6

2014

37.9

66.9

71.0

1075.7

108.9

370.4

-33.2

2015

51.8

36.7

10.2

-85.6

62.0

-43.1

41.6

2016

37.4

-27.8

17.1

67.6

54.6

-11.9

20.3

2018

20.9

11.7

119.3

212.5

140.3

146.4

-98.4

2019

22.3

6.6

25.2

-78.9

47.5

-66.1

-2.9

2020

24.0

7.8

30.6

21.3

54.6

15.0

-6.6

2021

28.9

20.2

14.1

-53.9

43.0

-21.3

14.7

2021 1-6

12.6

5.4

18.1

7.2

2022 1-6

8.5

-32.4

10.1

86.1

18.7

3.3

-1.6

Source: Ministry of Economy and Industry

  1. Maltese investments in Bulgaria

By the end of 2021, Maltese investments in Bulgaria total EUR 749.2 million, according to BNB data. For the past year 2021, the value of investments amounted to 72.1 million euros, and for the first and second quarters of 2022, to 68.2 million euros and -33.5 million euros, respectively.

  1. Tourism

year

Maltese tourists in Bulgaria (border crossing)

%

2011

3 202

-27.0

2012

3 756

7.2

2013

2 443

-23.7

2014

1 799

-26.4

2015

2 228

23.8

2016

4 676

109.9

2017

3 719

-20,5

2018

4 590

23,4

2019

3 475

-24,3

2020

1 015

-70.8

2021

1 659

63,4

2022 г. 1-6

1 506

261,2

Source: Ministry of Tourism

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