Commercial and Economic Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Belgrade, Serbia
Alexander Angelov
Head of the Office of Trade and Economic AffairsEmbassy of Bulgaria in Belgrade36 Svetogorska Str., 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Tel.: 00381 11 3244441Mob.: 00381 66 8812094e-mail: a.angelov@mi.government.bgContacts in the Ministry of Economy
Vessela BayraktarovaHead of Europe DepartmentForeign Economic Cooperation DirectorateMinistry of Economy
I. Еconomic relations between Bulgaria and Serbia
1. Trade turnover (mln. euro)*
Year |
Export |
growth, % |
Import |
growth, % |
Balance |
Total turnover |
growth, % |
2011 |
478.4 |
-13.00 |
253.9 |
25.88 |
224.5 |
732.3 |
-2.31 |
2012 |
442.4 |
-7.53 |
253 |
-0.35 |
189.4 |
695.4 |
-5.04 |
2013 |
373.7 |
-15.53 |
263.1 |
3.99 |
110.7 |
636.8 |
-8.43 |
2014 |
363.7 |
-2.68 |
301.2 |
12.65 |
62.5 |
664.9 |
4.41 |
2015 |
419.2 |
15.4 |
356.3 |
17.53 |
62.9 |
775.2 |
16.36 |
2016 |
391.5 |
-6.6 |
380.4 |
6.8 |
11.1 |
771.9 |
-0.5 |
2016 |
380.1 |
-9.6 |
389.464 |
6.8 |
-9.364 |
769.563 |
-0.5 |
2017 |
470.5 |
23.8 |
605.3 |
55.4 |
-134.79 |
1 075.8 |
39.8 |
2018 |
528.7 |
12.4 |
631.5 |
4.3 |
-102,8 |
1 160.2 |
7.8 |
2019 |
585.5 |
10.7 |
628.9 |
-0.4 |
-43.4 |
1 214.5 |
4.7 |
2020 |
497.2 |
-15.1 |
615 |
-2.7 |
-117.8 |
1 112.2 |
-8.7 |
1-6 2020 |
226.9 |
|
302.1 |
|
-75.2 |
529 |
|
1-6 2021 |
311.2 |
37.2 |
340.8 |
12.8 |
-29.6 |
652 |
23.3 |
*Source: Ministry of Economy
2. Serbian Direct Investments in Bulgaria*
Year |
Net Transactions |
2006 |
1.4 |
2007 |
-13.4 |
2008 |
6.1 |
2009 |
20.5 |
2010 |
53.8 |
2011 |
35.9 |
2012 |
51.1 |
2013 |
14.7 |
2014 |
-31.9 |
2015 |
8.4 |
2016 |
51.6 |
2017 |
6.8 |
2018 |
-15.3 |
2019 |
-1.2 |
2020 |
17.7 |
Q1 2021 |
-5.9 |
Q2 2021 |
-15.6 |
*Source: Bulgarian National Bank
3. Tourism*
Year |
Serbian tourists in Bulgaria |
% |
Bulgarian tourists in Serbia |
% |
2011 |
244 656 |
18.9 |
295 135 |
0.2 |
2012 |
275 679 |
12.7 |
291 935 |
-1.1 |
2013 |
303 184 |
10.0 |
300 299 |
2.9 |
2014 |
312 337 |
3.0 |
316 146 |
5.3 |
2015 |
346 923 |
11.1 |
315 261 |
-0.3 |
2016 |
374 816 |
8.0 |
404 975 |
28.5 |
2017 |
394 162 |
5.2 |
462 953 |
14.3 |
2018 |
421 693 |
7 |
493 950 |
6.7 |
2019 |
414 546 |
-1.7 |
514 959 |
4.3 |
2020 |
33 000 |
-48 |
N/A |
N/A |
1-6 2021 |
76 654 |
-35,2 |
N/A |
N/A |
Source: Ministry of Tourism