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Commercial and Economic Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Oslo, Norway, with accreditation for Iceland
Stoyan Mihaylov Head of Commercial and Economic SectionEmbassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Oslo Tidemands gate 11, 0244 Oslo, Norway mob.+47 41374175tel. +47 22 55 40 40 s.mihaylov@mi.government.bg
Contacts in the Ministry of Economy and Industry Vessela Bayraktarova Head of Europe Department Foreign Economic Cooperation Directorate Ministry of Economy and Industry tel.: +359 2 9407886 v.bairaktarova@mi.government.bg
Teodora Doycheva Chief expert, Europe department Foreign economic cooperation directorate Ministry of Economy and Industry tel.: + 359 2 940 7706 t.doycheva@mi.government.bg
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Stoyan Mihaylov Head of Commercial and Economic SectionEmbassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Oslo Tidemands gate 11, 0244 Oslo, Norway mob.+47 41374175tel. +47 22 55 40 40 s.mihaylov@mi.government.bg
Contacts in the Ministry of Economy and Industry Vessela Bayraktarova Head of Europe Department Foreign Economic Cooperation Directorate Ministry of Economy and Industry tel.: +359 2 9407886 v.bairaktarova@mi.government.bg
Teodora Doycheva Chief expert, Europe department Foreign economic cooperation directorate Ministry of Economy and Industry tel.: + 359 2 940 7706 t.doycheva@mi.government.bg
Trade and economic relations between Bulgaria and Iceland
1. Trade turnover (thousands euro)
|
Year |
Total turnover |
% |
Export |
% |
Import |
% |
Balance |
|
2011 |
2259.3 |
-63.8 |
723.3 |
180.3 |
1536.0 |
42.1 |
-812.7 |
|
2012 |
817.7 |
5.6 |
673.2 |
-6.9 |
144.5 |
-90.6 |
528.7 |
|
2013 |
863.2 |
143.2 |
650.1 |
-3.4 |
213.1 |
47.5 |
437.0 |
|
2014 |
2099.3 |
43.2 |
1155.7 |
77.8 |
943.6 |
342.8 |
212.1 |
|
2015 |
3005.6 |
-26.2 |
1377.6 |
19.2 |
1628.0 |
4.3 |
-251 |
|
2016 |
2219.2 |
126.4 |
657.8 |
-52.3 |
1561.4 |
-4.1 |
-903.6 |
|
2017 |
2537.0 |
14.3 |
1166 |
77.2 |
1371 |
-12.1 |
-205 |
|
2018 |
4335.8 |
70.9 |
2514.1 |
115.6 |
1821.7 |
32.8 |
692.4 |
|
2019 |
2743.7 |
-36.7 |
1034.3 |
-58.9 |
1709.4 |
-6.2 |
-675.2 |
|
2020 |
3589.1 |
30.4 |
875.7 |
-15.3 |
2703.4 |
58.1 |
-1827.7 |
|
2021 |
3427.1 |
-4.5 |
1608.0 |
83.6 |
1819.1 |
-32.7 |
-211.1 |
Source: Ministry of economy
2. Icelandic investments in Bulgaria
|
Year |
Mln.eurо |
|
2004 |
4.8 |
|
2005 |
5.0 |
|
2006 |
26.1 |
|
2007 |
10.8 |
|
2008 |
-1.6 |
|
2009 |
1.6 |
|
2010 |
-2.3 |
|
2011 |
-1.2 |
|
2012 |
-2.8 |
|
2013 |
-0.2 |
|
2014 |
10.5 |
|
2015 |
1.4 |
|
2016 |
3.7 |
|
2017 |
0.3 |
|
2018 |
29.7 |
|
2019 |
0.0 |
|
2020 |
0.0 |
|
2021 |
-0.2 |
|
2022 Q1 |
0.5 |
Source: Bulgarian National Bank
3. Tourism
|
Year |
Icelandic tourists in Bulgaria |
% |
Bulgarian tourists in Iceland |
% |
|
2007 |
6831 |
2.8 |
185 |
-53.0 |
|
2008 |
6609 |
-3.2 |
131 |
-29.2 |
|
2009 |
3997 |
-39.5 |
41 |
-68.7 |
|
2010 |
1773 |
-55.6 |
6 |
-85.4 |
|
2011 |
1830 |
3.2 |
10 |
66.7 |
|
2012 |
1462 |
-20.1 |
51 |
410.0 |
|
2013 |
836 |
-42.8 |
714 |
1300.0 |
|
2014 |
55 |
-93.4 |
440 |
-38.4 |
Source: Ministry of tourism
Iceland is outside the top 50 in number of foreign tourists in our country in recent years. As a tourist destination for Bulgarians, Iceland is not so popular, despite the increase in visits over the last few years.
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