Statistical data

According to preliminary data the foreign direct investments in the non-financial sector as of 31.12.2011 amounted to EUR 21 616 Million and fell by 2.2% compared to 2010.

Production of solid fuels in July 2012 compared to June 2012 increases by 63.8% and electricity by 15.0%. A decrease is reported for the production of unleaded motor gasoline by 7.0% and transport diesel - by 15.0%. There is no change in the production of liquefied petroleum gases.

Deliveries of solid fuels in July 2012 compared to June 2012 an increase by 60.1%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 37.5%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 6.5%, and electricity - by 9.6%. A decrease is reported for the deliveries of transport diesel by 2.3% and natural gas - by 18.4%.

Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in July 2012 increased by 1.9% compared to the previous month, while compared to the same month of 2011 the domestic prices grew by 4.5%. Total Producer Price Index rose by 1.8% compared to the previous month, compared to the same month of 2011 the prices went up by 3.1%.

According to preliminary data 309 892 non-financial enterprises have submitted their annual reports for 2011 at the National Statistical Institute, employing 1 913 087 persons, generating 34 363 Million BGN of value added and making 13 933 Million BGN costs for gross investment in tangible goods.

In August 2012 the total business climate indicator decreases by 3.3 percentage points compared to its July level due to the more unfavourable business climate in the all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and service sector.

In July 2012 the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 404.6 thousand or by 12.0% more than in June 2012 and by 7.0% above the registered in July 2011.

By preliminarily data of the National Statistical Institute in the second quarter of 2012, 755 thousand Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority part (80.7%) of them travelled only in the country, 15.5% - only abroad and 3.8% - both in the country and abroad.

According to preliminary data during the second quarter of 2012 in comparison with the same period of 2011 an increase in the transported goods by 5.7% was observed, while the transport performance fell by 10.7%. Compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year both - the transported passengers and the transport performance, decreased by 1.9 and 6.5%, respectively.

In the second quarter of 2012 the employment rate for population aged 15 - 64 was 58.3% (by 0.2 percentage points higher than in the second quarter of 2011). For the same period the unemployment rate went up by 1.1 percentage points to 12.3%.