Contact Bulgarian trade representative in the UK
Contacts in the Ministry of Еconomy and Industry
Vessela Bayraktarova
Head of Europe Department
Foreign Economic Cooperation Directorate
Ministry of Economy
tel.: +359 2 9407886
v.bairaktarova@mi.government.bg
Ketya Manoilova
State expert, Europe department
Foreign economic cooperation directorate
Ministry of Economy
tel.: + 359 2 940 7823
k.manoilova@mi.government.bg
Economic relations between Bulgaria and UK
- 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
- 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.