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
Ketya Manoilova
State expert, Europe, Russian Federation and CIS countries and Georgia Department
Foreign economic policy and international cooperation directorate
tel.: + 359 2 940 7823
k.manoilova@mi.government.bg
Economic relations between Bulgaria and UK
1. Trade turnover (mln. euro)
| Year | Export | Growth % | Import | Growth % | Balance | Total turnover | Growth % |
| 2013 | 469.3 | 17.9 | 382.2 | 4.6 | 87.1 | 851.5 | 11.5 |
| 2014 | 488.99 | 4.2 | 444.2 | 16.3 | 45.1 | 933.2 | 9.6 |
| 2015 | 586.2 | 19.9 | 481.8 | 8.5 | 80.2 | 1068 | 14.4 |
| 2016 | 591.1 | 0.8 | 600.3 | 24.6 | -9.2 | 1 191.4 | 11.6 |
| 2017 | 650.7 | 10.1 | 475.6 | -20.8 | 174.9 | 1 126.3 | -5.5 |
| 2018 | 696.97 | 7.1 | 492.2 | 3.5 | 204.7 | 1 189.2 | 5.6 |
| 2019 | 699.7 | 0.4 | 460.4 | -6.5 | 239.4 | 1 160.1 | -2.4 |
| 2020 | 666.1 | -4.8 | 389.9 | -15.3 | 276.2 | 1055.96 | -9.0 |
| 2021 | 624.3 | -6.3 | 305.5 | -21.6 | 318.8 | 929.9 | -11.9 |
| 2022 | 730.3 | 17.0 | 433.1 | 41.8 | 291.7 | 1163.4 | 25.1 |
| 2023 | 677.4 | -7.2 | 386.5 | -10.8 | 290.9 | 1063.9 | -8.6 |
Source: Ministry of Economy and Industry
2. British investments in Bulgaria
At the end of 2023, the total value of British investments amounted to €2.385 billion, which ranks the United Kingdom in 10th place after the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Cyprus and Hungary.