Contact Bulgarian trade representatives worldwide
Contacts in the Ministry of Economy and Industry
Vessela Bayraktarova
Head of Europe and Central Asia Department
Foreign economic policy and international cooperation directorate
tel.: +359 2 9407886
v.bairaktarova@mi.government.bg
Anna Lazarova
State expert, Europe and Central Asia Department
Foreign Economic Policy and International Cooperation Directorate
tel.: + 359 2 940 7709
a.lazarova@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 | 36.265 | 23.6 | 21.378 |
| 2023 | 234,14 | 148.6 | 66,48 | 9,1 | 167.65 | 395,5 | -101.17 |
| 2024 | 562.00 | 140 | 68,36 | 2,8 | 493,64 | 194,4 | -425,2 |
| 06.2024 | 255.72 |
| 34.02 |
| 221.7 |
| -187.68 |
| 06.2025 | 74.99 | -225 | 50.94 | 28 | 24.05 | -900 | 26.89 |
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 December 2024 amounted to 144.1 mln euros.