Press releases

In the period January – September 2012 the Bulgarian exports to third countries increased by 9.8% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and amounted to 12.4 Billion Levs while the imports increased by 12.1% and added up to 15.4 Billion Levs.
In the first nine months of 2012 the total value of all exported goods (both for third countries and EU) amounted to 30.2 Billion Levs and compared to the corresponding period of 2011 the exports increased by 2.2% while the total value of all imported goods reached 37.1 Billion Levs and grew by 11.0%.

In the period January - August 2012 the Bulgarian exports to the EU decreased by 2.1% compared to the corresponding period of 2011 and amounted to 15.7 Billion Levs while the imports increased by 12.0% and added up to 19.3 Billion Levs.
In August 2012 the exports to the EU decreased by 11.3% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and amounted to 2.0 Billion Levs while the imports increased by 9.6% and added up to 2.2 Billion Levs.

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) at the end of September 2012 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.0% as compared to the end of June 2012 and reached to 2.13 Millions. In third quarter of 2012 in comparison with the second quarter of 2012 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 0.5% getting 754 Levs.

According to the preliminary data of the NSI, in September 2012 the index of production in section ‘Construction’, calculated on the base of seasonally adjusted data, was 1.1% below the level of the previous month.

The preliminary data showed that the Industrial Production Index seasonally adjusted decreased by 1.8% in September 2012 as compared to August 2012. The working day adjusted Industrial Production Index fell by 1.3% in comparison with the same month of 2011.

In October 2012 the total consumer confidence indicator decreases by 4.3 percentage points compared to its level 3 months ago which is due to the decreased confidence of both urban and rural inhabitants by 4.6 and 4.0 percentage points respectively.

NSI presents preliminary results from the Labour Force Survey for the third quarter of 2012.

In the third quarter of 2012, the municipal authorities have issued building permits for construction of 1 159 residential buildings with 2 715 dwellings, of 46 administrative buildings/offices and 1 257 other buildings. The construction of 660 residential buildings with 1 378 dwellings, of 26 administrative buildings/offices and 588 other buildings has been started.

Production of solid fuels in September 2012 compared to August 2012 increases by 13.5%. A decrease is reported for the production of unleaded motor gasoline by 10.0%, transport diesel - by 3.4% and electricity - by 4.4%. There is no change in the production of liquefied petroleum gases.

Deliveries of solid fuels in September 2012 compared to August 2012 increase by 12.7%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 6.1%, transport diesel - by 3.0% and natural gas - by 22.0%. A decrease is reported for the deliveries of unleaded motor gasoline by 13.8% and electricity - by 8.9%.

Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in September 2012 increased by 0.3% compared to the previous month, while compared to the same month of 2011 the domestic prices grew by 6.6%. Total Producer Price Index rose by 0.9% compared to the previous month, compared to the same month of 2011 the prices went up by 5.4%.