Statistical data

In 2010, the government budget appropriations or outlays for R&D (GBAORD) amounted to 195.0 million BGN. In comparison with the previous year, the GBAORD fell by 8.2% (230.4 million BGN in 2009).

Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in Мay 2011 decreased by 0.2% comparing to the previous month, while compared to the same month of 2010 the domestic prices grew by 10.0%. Total Producer Price Index fell by 1.3% compared to the previous month, compared to the same month of 2010 the prices rose by 9.2%.

In June 2011 the total business climate indicator decreases by 0.4 percentage points compared to its level from the previous month as the inquiry registers some improvement of the business conjuncture only in the service sector.

In May 2011, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents in abroad was 333.2 thousand or 2.6% more than the number of the trips in May 2010. In May 2011, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 635.3 thousand or 7.1% more than the number of trips in the corresponding month of 2010.

Preliminary data for first quarter of 2011 indicated that total hourly labour cost rose by 6.8% compared to the first quarter of 2010.

The consumer price index (CPI) in May 2011 compared to April 2011 was 100.0%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.0%.
The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) in May 2011 compared to April 2011 was 100.1%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.1%.

In the period January - April 2011 the Bulgarian exports to third countries increased by 48.6% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and exceeded 4.9 billion levs while the imports increased by 31.6% and reached to 5.7 billion levs.

In the period January - April 2011 the total value of the exported goods (both for third countries and EU) amounted to 12.5 billion levs and compared to the corresponding period of 2010 the exports increased by 50.4% while the total value of the imported goods was for 13.5 billion levs and increased by 27.4%.

In the period January - March 2011 the Bulgarian exports to the EU increased by 56.4% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and amounted to 5.7 billion levs while the imports increased by 24.0% and also amounted to 5.7 billion levs.
In March 2011 the exports to the EU increased by 56.2% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and exceeded 2.0 billion levs while the imports increased by 16.7% and amounted to 2.1 billion levs.

In the first quarter of 2011 GDP at current prices amounts to 15 903 million levs. In Euro terms GDP reaches to 8 131 million euro or 1 084.4 euro per person. According to the seasonally adjusted data, the GDP growth rate in the first quarter of 2011 is 0.6% compared with the fourth quarter of 2010 and 3.4% compared with the same quarter of the previous year.