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
Anna Lazarova
State expert, Europe, Russian federation, OND countries and Georgia Department
Foreign Economic Policy and International Cooperation Directorate
Ministry of Economy and Industry
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 |
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.