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In January 2016, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 306.9 thousand or by 4.0% above the registered in January 2015. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in January 2016 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 46.9%, followed by the trips with professional purpose - 31.1%, and with holiday and recreation purposes - 22.0%.

In January 2016, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 410.1 thousand or by 4.2% above the level of January 2015. An increase was registered in the trips with holiday and recreation purpose - by 18.3%, and with other purposes - by 4.1%, while the trips with professional purpose decreased by 24.0%.

Total Producer Price Index in January 2016 declined by 1.0% compared to the previous month; compared to the same month of 2015 the prices went down by 3.3%. Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in January 2016 decreased by 0.7% compared to the previous month; compared to the same month of 2015 the domestic prices fell by 2.9%. 

In February 2016 the total business climate indicator increases by 0.5 percentage points compared to the previous month a result of the more favourable business climate in industry, retail trade and service sector.

According to preliminary data during the fourth quarter of 2015 in comparison with the same period of 2014 there was a decrease in the transported goods - by 4.7%, while the transport performance from the freight land and water transport increased by 1.5%.

Compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year the number of transported passengers by passenger transport (land, water and urban electrical transport) rose by 1.4%. The transport performance also increased by 7.8% compared to fourth quarter of 2014.

According to the preliminary data for the fourth quarter of 2015 the total turnover index in section ‘Transportation, storage and post’, calculated on the basis of seasonally adjusted data increased by 4.3% compared to the previous quarter, while in section ‘Information and communication’ - by 4.9%.

The producer price index in agriculture in the fourth quarter of 2015 increased by 9.8% in comparison with the same quarter of 2014. The crop output index increased by 10.9% and the animal output index - by 4.8%. In comparison with previous year the prices of agricultural output went up by 1.1%. The crop output index increased by 2.9% while the animal output index decreased by 4.0%.

The index of prices of goods and services currently consumed in agriculture in the fourth quarter of 2015 was 2.6% below the level in the same quarter of previous year and by 4.8% compared to 2014.

In the fourth quarter of 2015, 754.8 thousand Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority (84.8%) of them travelled only within the country, 12.3% - only abroad and 2.9% - both in the country and abroad. Compared to the same quarter of 2014 the total number of the travelled persons aged 15 and over decreased by 4.1%, as a reduction was observed in the number of the Bulgarian residents travelled in the country - by 6.8%, while in the number of persons travelled abroad increased by 19.1%.

The total income average per household member during the fourth quarter of 2015 is 1 262 BGN and increases by 2.9% compared to the same quarter of 2014

The total expenditure average per household member during the fourth quarter of 2015 is 1 162 BGN and decreases by 0.7% in comparison with the same quarter of 2014.

The consumption of main food products average per household member decreases during the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to the same quarter of 2014.

In the fourth quarter of 2015 the unemployment rate was 7.9%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 68.1%.

According to the preliminary data of the NSI, the consumer price index in January 2016 compared to December 2015 was 100.0%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.0%.