Contact Bulgarian trade representatives worldwide
Contacts in the Ministry of Economy and Industry
Vessela Bayraktarova
Head of Europe Department
Foreign Economic Cooperation Directorate
Ministry of Economy and Industry
tel.: +359 2 9407886
v.bairaktarova@mi.government.bg
Antoaneta Hristova
Chief expert, Europe department
Foreign economic cooperation directorate
Ministry of Economy and Industry
tel.: + 359 2 9407693
a.hristova@mi.government.bg
Economic relations between Bulgaria and Portugal
- Trade turnover (mln. euro)
| year | Total turnover | growth % | Export | growth % | Import | growth % | Balance |
| 2014 | 156.7 | -19.5 | 104.2 | -27.5 | 52.5 | 3.0 | 51.7 |
| 2015 | 150.5 | -3.9 | 94.7 | -9.1 | 55.8 | 6.4 | 38.8 |
| 2016 | 150.3 | -0.1 | 102.6 | 8.4 | 47.7 | -14.6 | 54.9 |
| 2017 | 170.4 | 13.4 | 117.7 | 14.7 | 52.7 | 10.5 | 64.9 |
| 2018 | 186.6 | 9.5 | 99.5 | -15.5 | 87.1 | 65.2 | 12.3 |
| 2019 | 249.7 | 33.9 | 157.3 | 58.2 | 92.4 | 6.0 | 64.9 |
| 2020 | 169.1 | -32.3 | 103.5 | -34.2 | 65.5 | -29.0 | 38.0 |
| 2021 | 250,0 | 47,8 | 128,3 | 23,9 | 121,6 | 85,5 | 6,7 |
| 2022 | 240.4 | -3.8 | 122.3 | -4.7 | 118.1 | -2.9 | 4.2 |
| 2023 | 232.6 | -3.2 | 123.7 | 1.1 | 108.9 | -7.8 | 14.8 |
Source: Ministry of Economy and Industry
- Portuguese investments in Bulgaria
According to Bulgarian National Bank, the total foreign direct investments from Portugal in Bulgaria at the end of December 2023 amounted to 14.6 million euros.