Press releases

The average quarterly total income average per household member during the third quarter of 2011 is 978 Levs or by 5.0% less compared to the same quarter of 2010.

The total expenditure per household member during the third quarter of 2011 is 917 Levs and it increases by 8.6% in relation to the same quarter of 2010.

The consumption of main food products average per capita doesn’t change during the third quarter of 2011 compared to the third quarter of 2010.

Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in October 2011 decreased by 0.1% compared to the previous month, while compared to the same month of 2010 the domestic prices grew by 6.5%. Total Producer Price Index decreased by 1.5% compared to the previous month, compared to the same month of 2010 the prices went up by 7.3%.

In November 2011 the total business climate indicator marks again a decrease (by 2.1 percentage points) in comparison with its level from the previous month. There is some improvement of the business climate only in retail trade, while in industry, construction and service sector the business conjuncture is worsened.

In October 2011 the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 296.0 thousand, which was 1.5% more than the number of the trips in October 2010. In October 2011, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 508.8 thousand or 6.6% more than the number of trips in the corresponding month of 2010.

According to preliminary data during the third quarter of 2011 in comparison with the correspondence period in 2010 the transported goods rose by 7.6%. At the same time, the transport performance measured in tonne-kilometres dropped by 18.6%, which was mainly due to the water transport. In comparison with the corresponding quarter of previous year a decrease in the transported passengers by 2.7% was observed, while the transport performance in passenger-kilometres registered an increase by 6.7%.

In the third quarter of 2011 the employment rate for population aged 15 - 64 was 59.9% (by 0.7 percentage points lower than in the second quarter of 2010). For the same period the unemployment rate went up by 0.7 percentage points to 10.2%.

By preliminarily data, 1522.9 thousand Bulgarian residents were travelled to the country or abroad in the third quarter of 2011. A person of 15 years and over spent on the average 455.0 BGN for its private domestic trip and 844.3 BGN for outbound trip.

The index of producer prices in agriculture increases by 25.5% in the third quarter of 2011 as compared to the same quarter 2010. Increases were registered in the crop production by 29.4%, and in the livestock – by 10.2% compared with the corresponding quarter of previous year.

The index of prices of means of production used in agriculture in the third quarter of 2011 is 8.8% above the same quarter of 2010.

The investment business inquiry of NSI carried out among industrial enterprises in the second half of October 2011 shows that the industrial entrepreneurs expect to make 20.0% less investments in the current year in comparison with the previous 2010.

In the third quarter of 2011, 3 450 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 nights spent in all accommodation establishments in the third quarter of 2011 was 11 155.8 thousand and rose by 1 769.5 thousand (18.9%) compared to the same period of 2010.