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
Bozhidar Patinov
Senior expert, Russian Federation and CIS countries and Georgia Department
Foreign Economic Policy and International Cooperation Directorate
tel.: + 359 2 940 7678
b.patinov@mi.government.bg
Economic relations between Bulgaria and the Netherlands
- Trade Turnover (mln. Еuro)
Year | Export | Growth % | Import | Growth % | Balance | Total turnover | Growth % |
2012 | 379.3 | 5.4 | 769.2 | 29.5 | -389.9 | 1148.5 | 20.4 |
2013 | 480.8 | 26.8 | 683.2 | -11.2 | -202.4 | 1164.0 | 1.3 |
2014 | 494.9 | 2.9 | 719.7 | 5.3 | -224.8 | 1214.6 | 4.3 |
2015 | 540.2 | 9.2 | 882.7 | 22.6 | -342.5 | 1422.9 | 17.2 |
2016 | 638.1 | 18.1 | 955.2 | 8.2 | -317.1 | 1593.3 | 12.0 |
2017 | 661.3 | 3.6 | 1111.5 | 16.4 | -450.2 | 1772.9 | 11.3 |
2018 | 774.3 | 17.1 | 1220.0 | 9.8 | -445.8 | 1994.3 | 12.5 |
2019 | 756.6 | -2.3 | 1206.3 | -1.0 | -449.7 | 1962.95 | -1.5 |
2020 | 736.3 | -2.7 | 1218.2 | 1.0 | -481.9 | 1954.5 | -0.4 |
2021 | 870.8 | 18.3 | 1663.0 | 36.6 | -792.2 | 2533.8 | 29.7 |
2022 | 1146.5 | 31.7 | 2137.8 | 28.6 | -991.3 | 3284.4 | 29.6 |
2023 | 889.7 | -22.40 | 2027.8 | -5.15 | -1138.1 | 2917.5 | -11.17 |
2023 1-6 | 465 651 |
| 1 025 307 |
| -559 655 | 1 490 958 |
|
2024 1-6 | 392 079 | -15.8 | 904 378 | -11.8 | -512 299 | 1 296 456 | -13.0 |
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