Statistical data

In the period January - October 2011 the Bulgarian exports to the EU increased by 33.8% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and amounted to 20.4 billion levs while the imports increased by 21.6% and amounted to 21.4 billion levs.

In October 2011 the exports to the EU increased by 28.0% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and exceeded 2.2 billion levs while the imports increased by 29.9% and exceeded 2.6 billion levs.

Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in November 2011 increased by 0.6% compared to the previous month, while compared to the same month of 2010 the domestic prices grew by 5.9%. Total Producer Price Index increased by 1.0% compared to the previous month; compared to the same month of 2010 the prices went up by 6.8%.

September 2011
The production of solid fuels in September 2011 compared to August 2011 increases by 5.5%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 22.2%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 11.9% and transport diesel - by 39.7%. The production of electricity decreases by 5.4% (Table 1).
The deliveries of solid fuels in September 2011 compared to August 2011 increase by 3.5% and liquefied petroleum gases - by 3.4%. Decrease is reported for the deliveries of unleaded motor gasoline - by 25.4%, transport diesel - by 7.7%, natural gas - by 19.6% and electricity - by 5.1% (Table 2).

October 2011
The production of solid fuels in October 2011 compared to September 2011 increases by 12.4%, transport diesel - by 15.3% and electricity - by 5.3%. The production of liquefied petroleum gases decreases by 9.1% and unleaded motor gasoline - by 4.3% (Table 1).
The deliveries of solid fuels in October 2011 compared to September 2011 increase by 14.9%, transport diesel - by 39.2%, natural gas - by 37.2% and electricity - by 16.0%. Decrease is reported for the deliveries of liquefied petroleum gases by 10.0% and unleaded motor gasoline - by 63.6% (Table 2).

November 2011
The production of electricity in November 2011 compared to October 2011 increases by 12.5%. The production of solid fuels decreases by 2.8%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 8.1% and transport diesel - by 28.6%. There is no change in the production of liquefied petroleum gases.
The deliveries of solid fuels in November 2011 compared to October 2011 increase by 0.2%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 18.5%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 250.0%, natural gas - by 47.1% and electricity - by 14.4%. Decrease is reported for the deliveries of transport diesel by 36.7%.

The total business climate indicator in December 2011 preserves its level from the previous month as a reduction is recorded only in construction.

In November 2011 the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 253.8 thousand, which was 1.1% more than the number of the trips in November 2010. In November 2011, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 384.0 thousand or 2.4% more than the number of trips in the corresponding month of 2010.

According to first estimates of the National Statistical Institute, prepared as of November 2011, the final output at basic prices of agriculture amounted to 8440.8 million levs. Increasing went up by 13.5% as compared with a year ago due to price’s increasing with 15.9%.

Preliminary data of NSI for the third quarter of 2011 indicated that total hourly labour cost rose by 7.2% compared to the third quarter of 2010.

Results from the survey on ICT usage in enterprises 2011 established a steady growth in the share of companies that rely on the increasingly usage of ICT and e-commerce to improve their own business.

The ICT survey in households 2011 reports high growth in the share of households having access to the Internet at home and broadband connection.