Press releases

The consumer price index in February 2018 compared to January 2018 was 100.3%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.3%.

In 2017 the Bulgarian exports to the EU grew by 10.8% compared to 2016 and amounted to 34 518.7 Million BGN while the imports from the EU increased by 11.2% and reached 37 794.7 Million BGN.

In December 2017 the exports to the EU grew by 2.7% in comparison with the corresponding month of the previous year and amounted to 2 507.8 Million BGN while the imports added up to 3 280.7 Million BGN and grew by 7.0%.

In January 2018 the Bulgarian exports to third countries decreased by 16.3% compared to the same month of 2017 and amounted to 1 098.0 Million BGN while the imports grew by 15.9% and added up to  1 829.2 Million BGN.

In January 2018 the total value of all exported goods (both for third countries and EU) amounted to      4 211.1 Million BGN and in comparison with the same month of the previous year the exports increased by 12.3% while the total value of all imported goods added up to 5 044.3 Million BGN and grew by 19.3%.

In January 2018, 1 894 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed-places were functioned in the country. The total number of the rooms in them was 56.2 thousand and the bed-places were 124.0 thousand. In comparison with January 2017, the total number of accommodation establishments (functioned during the period) increased by 5.4%, and the bed-places in them - by 3.7%.

The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments registered in January 2018 was 910.0 thousand, or by 13.5% more in comparison with the same month of the previous year.

The total revenues from nights spent in January 2018 reached 50.0 million BGN or by 20.2% more compared to January 2017.

According to the preliminary data, in January 2018 the index of production in section ‘Construction’ calculated on the base of seasonally adjusted data was 5.1% above the level of the previous month. In January 2018 the working day adjusted index of production in construction increased by 24.2% in comparison with the same month of 2017.

According to the preliminary seasonally adjusted data in January 2018 the turnover in ‘Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles’ at constant prices increased by 0.2% compared to the previous month.

According to the preliminary data the Industrial Production Index, seasonally adjusted, increased by 0.3% in January 2018 as compared to December 2017. In January 2018 the working day adjusted Industrial Production Index rose by 3.5% in comparison with the same month of 2017.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2017 increased by 0.6% in the EU-28 compared to the previous quarter by seasonally adjusted data. For the same period GDP in Bulgaria increased by 0.7%.

According to the seasonally adjusted data, the GDP growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2017 is 3.5% compared with the same quarter of 2016.

According to the preliminary data, GDP per person employed increased by 0.7% in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to the same quarter of the previous year.