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
Emil Tepavicharov
Chief expert, Europe, Russian Federation and CIS countries and Georgia Department
Foreign economic policy and international cooperation directorate
tel.: + 359 2 940 7610
e.tepavicharov@mi.government.bg
Economic relations between Bulgaria and Norway
Trade turnover (mln. euro)
Year | Total turnover | % | Export | % | Import | % | Balance |
2016 | 37.0 | -9.5 | 13.8 | -42.8 | 23.2 | 38.7 | -9.3 |
2017 | 70.9 | 10.6 | 40.2 | 298.6 | 30.6 | 32.3 | 7.9 |
2018 | 74.4 | 5.0 | 39.4 | -1.9 | 35.0 | 14.3 | 4.3 |
2019 | 65.2 | -12.4 | 42.5 | 7.9 | 22.6 | 35.3 | 19.8 |
2020 | 69.5 | 6.4 | 46.6 | 9.4 | 22.8 | 0.9 | 23.7 |
2021 | 82.6 | 18.8 | 53.3 | 14.1 | 29.3 | 28.3 | 23.9 |
2022 | 93.9 | 13.0 | 57.6 | 7.1 | 36.2 | 23.6 | 21.3 |
2023 | 233.4 | 148.6 | 65.9 | 14.4 | 167.5 | 361.9 | -101.5 |
2023 m.1-6 | 86.467 |
| 35.939 |
| 50.529 |
| -14.590 |
2024 m. 1-6 | 254.889 | 194.8 | 33.734 | -6.1 | 221.156 | 337.7 | -187.422 |
Source: Ministry of Economy and Industry
Norwegian investments in Bulgaria
According to the Bulgarian National Bank, the total foreign direct investments from Norway in Bulgaria at the end of June 2024 amounted to 124.4 mln euros.