The Fruit and Vegetable Chamber (BKPZ) wants the 2027 draft budget to spell out how much money goes to farming. It also wants the state to guarantee national funds for emergency aid to farmers, the chamber said in a position paper.
The chamber is asking for a national top-up of up to €23.23m to the emergency EU aid. The aid is meant for farmers hit by the crisis in the Middle East.
The paper went to five recipients, including Konstantin Prodanov, chair of the parliament's budget and finance committee, and Yavor Gechev, chair of the agriculture, food and forestry committee. It is also addressed to prime minister Rumen Radev, deputy prime minister and finance minister Galab Donev, and agriculture and food minister Plamen Abrovski.
The draft keeps subsidies and current transfers to non-financial firms in the State Fund Agriculture budget at 2026 levels. BKPZ says that with inflation this is a real cut in support. Farmers will cover fewer costs with the same sum because prices are rising.
The chamber also has questions about the state's plan to put in less national co-financing for EU funds. Co-financing is the share the state adds to money from the EU.
On Friday the finance ministry posted the 2027 draft budget bill on its website, along with the updated medium-term budget forecast for 2027–2029, which serves as the bill's rationale.
The agriculture and food ministry says its priorities for 2027 are irrigation, a more competitive sector and farms that can better cope with climate challenges.
BKPZ wants to discuss the main budget figures with the ministers in charge. The draft has yet to go before the relevant parliamentary committees, and the chamber wants to take part there too.