Contact Bulgarian trade representatives worldwide
Contacts in the Ministry of Еconomy and Industry
Vessela Bayraktarova
Head of Europe Department
Foreign Economic Cooperation Directorate
tel.: +359 2 9407886
v.bairaktarova@mi.government.bg
Ketya Manoilova
State expert,
Europe department
Foreign economic cooperation directorate
tel.: + 359 2 940 7823
k.manoilova@mi.government.bg
Economic relations between Bulgaria and the Netherlands
- Trade Turnover (mln. Еuro)
| Year | Total turnover | Growth, % | Export | Growth, % | Import | Growth, % | Balance |
| 2013 | 1 164.0 | 1.3 | 480.8 | 26.8 | 683.2 | -11.2 | -202.4 |
| 2014 | 1 214.6 | 4.3 | 494.9 | 2.9 | 719.7 | 5.3 | -224.8 |
| 2015 | 1 422.9 | 17.2 | 540.2 | 9.2 | 882.7 | 22.6 | -342.5 |
| 2016 | 1 593.3 | – | 638.1 | – | 955.2 | – | -317.1 |
| 2017 | 1 773.7 | 11.3 | 662.2 | 3.8 | 1 111.4 | 16.3 | -449.1 |
| 2018 | 1994.3 | 12.5 | 774.3 | 17.1 | 1220.0 | 9.8 | -445.8 |
| 2019 | 1964.7 | -1.5 | 756.6 | -2.3 | 1208.2 | -1.0 | -451.6 |
| 2020 | 1954.5 | -0.4 | 736.6 | -2.7 | 1217.98 | 1.0 | -481.4 |
| 2021 | 2534.8 | 29.7 | 870.8 | 18.3 | 1664.0 | 36.6 | -793.3 |
| 2022 | 3284.4 | 29.6 | 1146.5 | 31.7 | 2137.8 | 28.6 | -991.3 |
| 2023 | 2917.5 | -11.17 | 889.7 | -22.40 | 2027.8 | -5.15 | -1138.1 |
Source: Ministry of Еconomy and Industry
- Dutch investments in Bulgaria
At the end of 2023, the total value of the Netherlands’ foreign direct investments in Bulgaria amounts to 7.177 billion euros, which ranks the country 1st in terms of FDI in Bulgaria.
Source: Bulgarian National Bank