Malta
 

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
Maria Boyadzhieva-Gounelli
Chief expert, Europe Department
Foreign Economic Cooperation Directorate
Ministry of Economy
tel.: + 359 2 940 7689
m.boyadzhieva@mi.government.bg

 

Economic relations between Bulgaria and Malta

1. Trade turnover (mln. euro)

Year

export

growth %

import

growth %

Total turnover

growth %

balance

2011

31.2

495.2

13.5

-47.9

44.7

38.8

17.7

2012

11.1

-64.4

45.8

339.3

56.9

27.3

-34.7

2013

22.7

204.5

6.6

-85.9

29.4

-48.3

16.6

2014

37.9

66.9

71.0

1075.7

108.9

370.4

-33.2

2015

51.8

36.7

10.2

-85.6

62.0

-43.1

41.6

2016

37.4

-27.8

17.1

67.6

54.6

-11.9

20.3

2018

20.9

11.7

119.3

212.5

140.3

146.4

-98.4

2019

22.3

6.6

25.2

-78.9

47.5

-66.1

-2.9

2020

24.0

7.8

30.6

21.3

54.6

15.0

-6.6

2021

28.9

20.2

14.1

-53.9

43.0

-21.3

14.7

Source: Ministry of Economy and Industry

2. Maltese investments in Bulgaria

According to the statistical data provided by the Bulgarian National Bank, the total amount of direct investments from Malta to Bulgaria until the end of 2021, is 732.7 million euro.

In 2021 FDI from Malta to Bulgaria amounted to 129.8 million. Euro.  For the first quarter of 2022 the investment flow amounts to 72.9 million euro.

3. Tourism

year

Maltese tourists in Bulgaria (border crossing)

%

2011

3 202

-27.0

2012

3 756

7.2

2013

2 443

-23.7

2014

1 799

-26.4

2015

2 228

23.8

2016

4 676

109.9

2017

3 719

-20,5

2018

4 590

23,4

2019

3 475

-24,3

2020

1 015

-70.8

2021

1 659

63,4

January-April 2022г.

632

124,1

Source: Ministry of Tourism

 

 

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