THE TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN BULGARIA AND GREECE IN THE 1886 – 1911 PERIOD
THE TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN BULGARIA AND GREECE IN THE 1886 – 1911 PERIOD

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the development of the trade relations between Bulgaria and Greece seen as part of the intra-regional economic ties prior to World War I. The two states had similar economic development, with pronounced domination of agriculture, but with certain differences as well. A specificity in their bilateral trade relations, compared to other examples from the region, was a factor of distinction between them that caused their particular development. Due to the shortage of domestic grain production Greece became a potential valuable market importing wheat and maize in particular. Before the Balkan Wars Bulgaria was the only Balkan nation that took advantage of this opportunity in view of the priorities in its foreign economic policy. The remarkable development of the Bulgarian exports to Greece and (owing to them) of the general trade, as a whole, between the two countries was even surprising against the backdrop of the issues in the bilateral political relations in the period under review.

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