Contact Bulgarian trade representatives worldwide
Contacts in the Ministry of Еconomy 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 Sweden
- Trade turnover (mln. euro)
| Year | Total turnover |
% | export |
% | import |
% | Balance |
| 2014 | 289.2 | 13.7 | 139.6 | 28.9 | 149.6 | 2.5 | -10.0 |
| 2015 | 314.5 | 8.7 | 152.0 | 8.8 | 162.5 | 8.6 | -10.5 |
| 2016 | 346.6 | 10.2 | 181.7 | 19.5 | 164.9 | 1.5 | 16.8 |
| 2017 | 412.5 | 19.0 | 219.1 | 20.6 | 193.4 | 17.2 | 25.7 |
| 2018 | 457.6 | 11.1 | 252.7 | 15.8 | 204.8 | 5.8 | 47.9 |
| 2019 | 461.0 | 0.8 | 262.5 | 3.9 | 198.4 | -3.1 | 64.1 |
| 2020 | 435.7 | -6.6 | 247.2 | -5.8 | 188.5 | -7.6 | 62.8 |
| 2021 | 520.1 | 19.4 | 272.3 | 10.2 | 247.8 | 31.4 | 24.5 |
| 2022 | 709.78 | 25.3 | 356.68 | 30.8 | 353.10 | 42.9 | 3.57 |
| 2023 | 810.75 | 14.5 | 403.06 | 13.2 | 407.69 | 15.9 | -4.63 |
| 2024 | 654.16 | -19.3 | 360,20 | -10 | 293.96 | -27,9 | 66.23 |
Source: Ministry of Economy and Industry
- Swedish investments in Bulgaria
According to the Bulgarian National Bank, the total foreign direct investments from Sweden in Bulgaria at the end of December 2024 amounted to 700.1 mln euros.