Contact Bulgarian trade representatives worldwide
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
Emil Tepavicharov
Chief expert, Europe Department
Foreign Economic Cooperation Directorate
Ministry of Economy and Industry
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 |
- Norwegian investments in Bulgaria
According to the Bulgarian National Bank, the total foreign direct investments from Norway in Bulgaria at the end of 2023 amounted to 127.7 mln euros.