Press releases

In the fourth quarter of 2015, the municipal authorities issued building permits for construction of 1 056 residential buildings with 4 842 dwellings, of 49 administrative buildings/offices and 1 154 other buildings. The construction of 619 residential buildings with 2 454 dwellings, of 20 administrative buildings/offices and 468 other buildings was started.

In November 2015 compared to October 2015 an increase of the production of solid fuels - by 1.1%, transport diesel - by 13.3%, natural gas - by 20.0%, and electricity - by 8.1%, is reported. At the same time a decrease of the production of unleaded motor gasoline - by 3.8% is reported. No change for the production of liquefied petroleum gases.

In November 2015 compared to October 2015 an increase of the deliveries of solid fuels - by 1.2%, transport diesel - by 28.2%, natural gas - by 27.7%, and electricity - by 4.2%, is reported. At the same time a decrease of the deliveries of liquefied petroleum gases - by 16.7% and unleaded motor gasoline - by 16.0%, is reported. 

Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in December 2015 decreased by 0.5% compared to the previous month; compared to the same month of 2014 the domestic prices fell by 3.2%. Total Producer Price Index in December 2015 declined by 1.0% compared to the previous month; compared to the same month of 2014 the prices went down by 3.6%. 

In January 2016 the total business climate indicator increases by 0.6 percentage points compared to the previous month a result of the improved business climate in construction and service sector.

The consumer price index in December 2015 compared to November 2015 was 100.0%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.0%.

In November 2015, 1 901 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 53.3 thousands and the bed-places were 107.0 thousands. In comparison with November 2014 the total number of accommodation establishments (functioned during the period) decreased by 1.2% and the bed-places in them - by 2.0%.

The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments registered in November 2015 was 582.6 thousands, or by 2.2% less in comparison with the same month of the previous year. The total revenues from nights spent in November 2015 reached 29.2 million BGN or by 0.8% more compared to November 2014.

In period January - October 2015 the Bulgarian exports to the EU increased by 9.0% compared to the same period of the previous year and amounted to 24.4 Billion BGN while the imports grew by 5.7% and added up to 27.3 Billion BGN.

In October 2015 the exports to the EU increased by 7.5% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and added up to 2.697 Billion BGN while the imports grew by 4.5% and amounted to 3.082 Billion BGN.

In the period January - November 2015 the Bulgarian exports to third countries increased by 0.4% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and amounted to 15.0 Billion BGN while the imports decreased by 5.8% and added up to 17.0 Billion BGN.

In the period January - November 2015 the total value of all exported goods (both for third countries and EU) amounted to 41.9 Billion BGN and compared to the corresponding period of 2014 the exports grew by 5.3% while the total value of all imported goods added up to 47.4 Billion BGN and increased by 1.4%.

According to the preliminary data, in November 2015 the index of production in section ‘Construction’ calculated on the base of seasonally adjusted data was 0.4% above the level of the previous month. In November 2015 the working day adjusted index of production in construction decreased by 0.5% in comparison with the same month of 2014.