Commercial and Economic Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Stockholm, Sweden
Valentin Stoev
Head of Commercial and Economic Section (accredited in Sweden and Finland) Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Stockholm Karlavägen 29, Stockholm 11431, Sweden tel: +46 8 246310 cell: +46 735 950 744 e-mail: v.stoev@mi.government.bg https://www.facebook.com/BGEconOfficeSE https://twitter.com/BGEconOfficeSEContacts in the Ministry of Еconomy
Vessela Bayraktarova Head of Europe Department Foreign Economic Cooperation Directorate Ministry of Economy tel.: +359 2 9407886 v.bairaktarova@mi.government.bg Teodora Doycheva Chief expert, Europe department Foreign economic cooperation directorate Ministry of Economy tel.: + 359 2 940 7706 t.doycheva@mi.government.bgEconomic relations between Bulgaria and Sweden
1. Trade turnover (mln. euro)
|
Year |
Total turnover |
% |
Export |
% |
Import |
% |
Balance |
|
2011 |
251.5 |
40.8 |
104.8 |
34.2 |
146.7 |
46.0 |
-41.9 |
|
2012 |
226.6 |
-9.9 |
94.0 |
-10.3 |
132.6 |
-9.6 |
-38.6 |
|
2013 |
254.3 |
12.2 |
108.3 |
15.2 |
146.0 |
10.1 |
-37.7 |
|
2014 |
289.2 |
13.7 |
139.6 |
28.9 |
149.6 |
2.5 |
-10.0 |
|
2015 |
314.5 |
8.7 |
152.0 |
8.8 |
162.5 |
8.6 |
-10.5 |
|
2016 |
346.6 |
10.2 |
181.7 |
19.5 |
164.9 |
1.5 |
16.8 |
|
2017 |
411.8 |
19.0 |
218.2 |
20.6 |
193.6 |
17.2 |
25.7 |
|
2018 |
457.6 |
11.1 |
252.7 |
15.8 |
204.8 |
5.8 |
47.9 |
|
2019 |
461.0 |
0.8 |
262.5 |
3.9 |
198.4 |
-3.1 |
64.1 |
|
2020 |
431.6 |
-6.6 |
247.2 |
-5.8 |
184.3 |
-7.6 |
62.8 |
|
2021 |
520.1 |
19.4 |
272.3 |
10.2 |
247.8 |
31.4 |
24.5 |
Source: Ministry of economy and industry
2. Swedish investments in Bulgaria
|
Year |
Mln.eurо |
|
2000 |
2.5 |
|
2001 |
6.3 |
|
2002 |
30.7 |
|
2003 |
6.1 |
|
2004 |
15.2 |
|
2005 |
13.5 |
|
2006 |
3.8 |
|
2007 |
33.2 |
|
2008 |
31.2 |
|
2009 |
15.6 |
|
2010 |
14.6 |
|
2011 |
-22.3 |
|
2012 |
36.6 |
|
2013 |
1.8 |
|
2014 |
1.2 |
|
2015 |
5.3 |
|
2016 |
7.2 |
|
2017 |
-1.8 |
|
2018 |
33.1 |
|
2019 |
30.3 |
|
2020 |
22.1 |
|
2021 |
98.3 |
|
2022 Q1 |
4.2 |
Source: Bulgarian National Bank
3. Tourism
|
Year |
Swedish tourists in Bulgaria |
% |
Bulgarian tourists in Sweden |
% |
|
2011 |
43 807 |
0.8 |
1 851 |
-1.1 |
|
2012 |
39 815 |
-9.1 |
4 737 |
155.9 |
|
2013 |
38 433 |
-3.5 |
7 747 |
63.5 |
|
2014 |
40 356 |
5.0 |
10 104 |
30.4 |
|
2015 |
30 569 |
-24,3 |
9 576 |
-5.2 |
|
2016 |
38 259 |
25.2 |
13 552 |
41.5 |
|
2017 |
51 244 |
33.9 |
18 6998 |
38.0 |
|
2018 |
49 473 |
-3.5 |
19 577 |
4.7 |
|
2019 |
37 864 |
-23.5 |
19 423 |
-0.8 |
|
2020 |
5836 |
-84.6 |
NA |
|
|
2021 |
13318 |
128.2 |
NA |
|
|
1-2.2022 |
1192 |
109.9 |
NA |
|
Source: Ministry of tourism