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Ministry of Economy and Industry
8, Slavyanska Str., Sofia 1052, Bulgaria
BULSTAT: 177549105
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Ireland
Contacts in the Ministry of Economy 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.bgEconomic relations between Bulgaria and Ireland
1. Trade turnover (mln. euro)
|
Year |
Export |
Growth % |
Import |
Growth % |
Balance |
Total turnover |
Growth % |
|
2011 |
14.8 |
72.1 |
77.0 |
43.1 |
-62.2 |
91.8 |
47.1 |
|
2012 |
30.4 |
105.4 |
84.8 |
10.1 |
-54.4 |
115.2 |
25.5 |
|
2013 |
29.8 |
-2.0 |
82.2 |
-3.1 |
-52.4 |
112 |
-2.8 |
|
2014 |
71.7 |
140.6 |
79.2 |
-5.7 |
-7.4 |
150.9 |
33.2 |
|
2015 |
29.9 |
-58.3 |
81.3 |
4.9 |
-51.4 |
111.2 |
-25.5 |
|
2016 |
33.9 |
13.7 |
98.2 |
20.8 |
-64.3 |
132.1 |
18.9 |
|
2017 |
46.4 |
36.9 |
114.3 |
16.4 |
-67.9 |
160.7 |
21.6 |
|
2018 |
97.8 |
110.8 |
137.4 |
20.2 |
-39.6 |
235.3 |
46.3 |
|
2019 |
83.3 |
-14.9 |
182.2 |
32.5 |
-98.9 |
265.5 |
12.8 |
|
2020 |
66.3 |
-20.4 |
185.1 |
1.6 |
-118.8 |
251.4 |
-5.3 |
|
2021 |
60.3 |
-4.9 |
239.5 |
40.4 |
-179.2 |
299.7 |
28.1 |
Source: Ministry of Economy and Industry
2. Irish investments in Bulgaria
In 2021, net investment from Ireland amounted to 43.2 million euros.
By the end of 2021, cumulative value of FDI from Ireland is € 752.0 million.
3. Tourism
|
Year |
Irish tourists in Bulgaria |
% |
Bulgarian tourists in Ireland |
% |
|
2011 |
23 259 |
-10.8 |
1 186 |
-4.5 |
|
2012 |
21 547 |
-7.4 |
3 340 |
181.6 |
|
2013 |
14 989 |
-30,4 |
1 954 |
-41,5 |
|
2014 |
12 548 |
-16,3 |
2 022 |
3.5 |
|
2015 |
13 708 |
9.2 |
1 543 |
-23.7 |
|
2016 |
25 388 |
85.2 |
9 835 |
537.4 |
|
2017 |
30 930 |
21,8 |
12 117 |
23,2 |
|
2018 |
33 585 |
8,6 |
11 256 |
-7,1 |
|
2019 |
42 090 |
25,3 |
12 325 |
9,5 |
|
2020 |
7 880 |
-81,3 |
||
|
2021 |
7 917 |
0,5 |
Source: Ministry of tourism
In January – December 2021, Bulgarian citizens have made a total of 5 182 042 trips abroad, but the survey by destination has been terminated.
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