Press releases

According to preliminary data during the second quarter of 2012 in comparison with the same period of 2011 an increase in the transported goods by 13.4% was observed, while the transport performance fell by 6.4%. Compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year both - the transported passengers and the transport performance, decreased by 0.1 and 3.7%, respectively.

In the third quarter of 2012, 1 205 thousand Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority part (83.2%) of them travelled only in the country, 12.9% - only abroad and 3.9% - both in the country and abroad. Compared to the same quarter of 2011 the number of the travelled persons aged 15 and older decreased by 20.8%, as a reduction was observed in the number of the Bulgarian residents travelled in the country - by 23.5%, as well as in the number of persons travelled abroad - by 4.2%. As regards the average expenditure per person in the country and abroad for private trips a decrease respectively by 20.4% and 34.5% was observed while for professional trips an increase by 80.1% and 42.0% was recorded.

In the third quarter of 2012 the employment rate for population aged 15 - 64 was 60.6% (by 0.8 percentage points higher than in the third quarter of 2011). For the same period the unemployment rate went up by 1.3 percentage points to 11.5%.

According to preliminary data from the third quarter of 2012 the total turnover index for section “Transportation, storage and post”, calculated on the basis of seasonally adjusted data decreased by 2.7% than the previous quarter, while in section „Information and communication” - by 7.8%.

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute for the first semester of 2012, the trials ended with inflicted penalty cover 14 250 committed crimes.
The number of persons convicted with penalties come into force amounted to 15 711. The number of persons with effective sentence of conviction amounted to 8 755 and conditionally sentenced were 6 956 persons.

The index of producer prices in agriculture increased by 19.2% in the third quarter of 2012 as compared to the same quarter 2011. Increases were registered in the crop production by 23.1% and in the livestock production - by 2.9%.

The index of prices of goods and services currently consumed in agriculture in the third quarter of 2012 was 7.7% above the index in the same quarter of 2011.

The investment business inquiry of NSI carried out among industrial enterprises in October 2012 shows that the entrepreneurs expect to make 4.3% more investments in the current year in comparison with the previous 2011.

According to the seasonally adjusted data, the GDP growth rate in the third quarter of 2012 is 0.5% compared with the same quarter of the previous year.

The average quarterly total income average per household member during the third quarter of 2012 is 1 120 Levs or by 14.5% more compared to the same period of 2011.

The total expenditure per household member during the third quarter of 2012 is 1 033 Levs and it increases by 12.6% in relation to the same quarter of 2011.

The consumption of main food products average per capita doesn’t change significant during the third quarter of 2012 compared to the third quarter of 2011.

The consumer price index in October 2012 compared to September 2012 was 100.3%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.3%.