Bulgaria and Turkey Agree to Drop Roaming Charges
Bulgaria and Turkey are about to abolish roaming charges transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski said in a statement he made after the meeting of the Council of Ministers.
The Bulgaria–Turkey border is a 513 km (319 mi) long international border between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Turkey. Newest roaming tariffs reduce will affect about 87 million people which lives in those two countries.
Primary Import Products: Mineral fuels, mineral oils, copper, iron and steel, oily seeds, fruit, electrical machines and equipment, tree, wooden goods, plastic and bullet
Turkey is among the top 5 trade partners of Bulgaria representing an 8% trade share in the overall foreign trade of the country.
Turkish investments in the country amount up to 2 billion Dollars. In addition to two Turkish capital based banks, there are close to 1500 small-medium and large Turkish firms operating in Bulgaria. Projects completed and underway by Turkish construction companies amount up to 1.2 billion Dollars.
A Turkish Trade Center was established in Sofia in 2009 in an attempt to facilitate the activities of our businessmen and investors as well as to swiftly find solutions to their problems.
Turkish-Bulgarian Businessmen Associations Union which brings together under its umbrella the three distinct Turkish-Bulgarian Trade and Industry Chambers in Sofia, Filibe and Şumnu was established in 29 October 2012.
The last Joint Economic Commission meeting was held on 24-25 January 2007 in Sofia, co-presided by the Custom and Trade Minister Bülent Tüfenkçi.
Food, Agriculture and Farming Minister Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba visited Sofia on 27 November 2017 to attend the 1st Agricultural Business Forum.
1.361.510 Bulgarian tourists has visited Turkey by September 2017.
Turkey ranks fifth by the number of tourists who visited Bulgaria in the period January – September 2017. They exceed 485,000, marking a growth of over 12% on the same period of last year, Minister Angelkova said. Bulgarian citizens who visited Turkey in the same period number over 1 million, growing by over 6 per cent. Data indicates that the two countries could have good partnership and build further on their results, Bulgarian Minister of Tourism added. The Ministry of Tourism works actively for attracting more tourists from our neighbour country. The initiatives include expedition tours for tour operators, launch of internet advertising in the Turkish media, and organizing visits of Turkish journalists to Bulgaria.
