Statistical data

Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in May 2010 increased by 0.5% compared to the previous month, while compared to the same month of 2009 the domestic prices rose by 5.8%. Total Producer Price Index in Industry increased by 1.7% compared to the previous month, compared to the same month of 2009 the prices rose by 9.1%.

In June 2010 the total business climate indicator decreases by 1.2 percentage points in comparison with May due to the worsening of the business climate in industry, construction and service sector.

In May 2010 the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents in abroad was 324.8 thousand, which was 34.1% less than the number of the trips in May 2009. In May 2010, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 593.0 thousand or 6.2 more than the number of trips in the same month of 2009.

Preliminary data for first quarter of 2010 indicated that total hourly labour cost rose by 9.4% compared to the first quarter of 2009.

In 2009 the housing fund in Bulgaria consisted of 2 136 thousand buildings and increased by 0.1% in comparison with 2009. Total in the country were registered 3 789 thousand dwellings, 63.8% of them were located in the towns and 32.6% in the villages.

By preliminary data of the NSI, the total construction production in April 2010 was 22.7% less than the same month of the previous year. A drop by 32.3% was registered in the production of building construction, while in the civil engineering production the decrease was 3.7%.

By preliminary data in April 2010, the turnover in the trade sector decreased by 15.5% compared to the same month of the previous year.

The preliminary data showed that the Industrial Production Index increased by 0.2% in April 2010 as compared to the same month of 2009, as compared to the previous month the production fell by 6.4%. Industrial Turnover Index increased by 9.7% compared to April 2009, as compared to the previous month the turnover decreased by 1.9%

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute, in the first quarter of 2010 the newly built residential buildings were 512 and compared to the respectively quarter of 2009 decreased by 19.0%. The newly built dwellings in them decreased by 26.9% and their number was 3 201.