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
Bogdana Grigorova
Expert, „Europe, Russian Federation CIS countries and Georgia“ Department
“Foreign Economic Policy and International Cooperation” Directorate
tel.: +359 2 940 7789
b.grigorova@mi.government.bg
Economic relations between Bulgaria and Slovenia
- Trade turnover (mln. euro)
| Year | Total turnover | Growth % | Export | Growth % | Import | Growth % | Balance |
| 2015 | 358,9 | 19,4 | 184,4 | 48,9 | 174,5 | -1,3 | 9,9 |
| 2016 | 400,2 | 11,5 | 197,7 | 7,2 | 202,5 | 16,1 | -4,9 |
| 2017 | 427,4 | 6,8 | 206,6 | 4,5 | 220,9 | 9,0 | -14,3 |
| 2018 | 445,3 | 4,2 | 208,6 | 1,0 | 236,7 | 7,2 | -28,1 |
| 2019 | 514,9 | 15,6 | 246,3 | 18,1 | 268,6 | 13,5 | -22,3 |
| 2020 | 418,4 | -18,7 | 183,3 | -25,6 | 235,1 | -12,5 | -51,9 |
| 2021 | 506,4 | 21,0 | 214,7 | 17,1 | 291,8 | 24,1 | -77,1 |
| 2022 | 672,7 | 32,8 | 264,5 | 23,2 | 408,2 | 39,9 | -143,8 |
| 2023 | 691,4 | 2,8 | 240,2 | -9,2 | 451,2 | 10,5 | -211,0 |
| 2024 | 715,6 | 3,5 | 252,5 | 5,1 | 463,1 | 2,6 | -210,6 |
Source: Ministry of Economy and Industry
2. Slovenian investments in Bulgaria
According to the Bulgarian National Bank, the total foreign direct investments from Slovenia in Bulgaria at the end of year 2024 amounted to 16,2 million euros.