Commercial and Economic office Ankara, Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Ankara, Republic of Turkey
Svetoslav Kirkov
124, Atatürk Bul., 06680 Kavıklıdere-Çankaya, Ankara tel: +90 312 466 23 04 fax: +90 312 467 25 74 e-mail: s.kirkov@mi.government.bgCommercial and Economic office Istanbul, Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey
Toshko Tomov
44, Adnan Saygun cad., 2. Levent, Ulus, Istanbul tel:+90 212 282 9020 fax:+90 212 282 9021 t.tomov@mi.government.bgVentseslav Petrov
e-mail: v.petrov@mi.government.bgCommercial and Economic Office in Bursa, Turkey
Lyubomir Lyubenov
3. Aydin Sok. № 1, Adalet mah., Osmangazi/Bursa GSM: +90 537 954 76 06 Fax: +90 224 245 55 09 l.lyubenov@mi.government.bgContacts 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.bgDimitar Salov
Europe Department
Foreign Economic Cooperation Directorate
tel.: + 359 2 9407710
Economic relations between Bulgaria and Turkey
- Trade turnover (mil. euro)
Year | Total turnover | % | Export | % | Import | % | Balance |
2011 | 2 879.8 | 21.8 | 1 773.1 | 34.6 | 1 106.7 | 5.7 | 666.4 |
2012 | 3 146.4 | 9.3 | 1 957.7 | 10.4 | 1 188.7 | 7.4 | 769.0 |
2013 | 3 514.5 | 11.7 | 2 004.2 | 2.4 | 1 510.3 | 27.1 | 493.9 |
2014 | 3 544.6 | 0.9 | 2 076.6 | 3.6 | 1 468.0 | -2.8 | 608.6 |
2015 | 3 501.6 | -1.2 | 2 006.2 | -3.4 | 1 495.4 | 1.9 | 510.8 |
2016 | 3 514.8 | 0.4 | 1 889.1 | -5.8 | 1 625.6 | 8.7 | 263.5 |
2017 | 3 984.1 | 13.4 | 2 077.9 | 10.0 | 1 906.2 | 17.3 | 171.7 |
2017 | 4 390.5 | 24.9 | 2 481.4 | 31.4 | 1 909.1 | 17.4 | 572.3 |
2018 | 4 174.3 | -4.9 | 2 162.2 | -12.9 | 2 012.1 | 5.4 | 150.0 |
2019 | 4 342.6 | 4.0 | 2 165.1 | 0.1 | 2 177.5 | 8.2 | -12.4 |
2019 | 4 370.2 | -4.8 | 2 171.8 | -9.0 | 2 198.4 | -0.4 | -26.5 |
2020 | 3 975.8 | -9 | 1 802.6 | -17 | 2 173.1 | -1.1 | -370.4 |
2021 | 5 216.4 | 30.9 | 2 144.1 | 18.7 | 3 072.2 | 40.9 | -928.1 |
01-06.2021 | 2 442 |
| 1 109.2 |
| 1 332.8 |
| -174.3 |
01-06.2022 | 3 794.8 | 55.4 | 1 459.9 | 31.6 | 2 334.9 | 75.2 | -875 |
Source: Ministry of Economy and Industry
- Turkish investments in Bulgaria
According to BNB data, direct investments from Turkey to Bulgaria as of January 1, 2022 amount to EUR 1,057.5 billion. In the first quarter of 2022 the investment flow is 33.3 million euro and in the second quarter of 2022 the investment flow is -2.3 million euro.
- Tourism
Year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 01-06.2022 |
Turkish tourists in Bulgaria | 565 368 | 636 046 | 625 254 | 648 740 | 332 036 | 401 359 | 260 181 |
Source: Ministry of tourism