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In the fourth quarter of 2010 GDP at current prices amounts to 19 962 million levs. In Euro terms GDP reaches to 10 206.5 million euro or 1 359.4 euro per person. According to the seasonally adjusted data, the GDP growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2010 is 2.1% compared with the third quarter of the year and 2.8% compared with the same quarter of the previous year.
In 2010, GDP amounted to 70 474.3 million levs at current prices. GDP in Euro amounted to 36 033 million or 4 786.8 euro per person.

In 2010 the Bulgarian exports to the EU increased by 25% compared to the previous year and amounted to 18.6 billion levs while the imports increased by 11.2% and amounted to 22.0 billion levs.
In December 2010 the exports to the EU increased by 33.7% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and reached to 1.5 billion levs while the imports increased by 19.4% and amounted to 2.1 billion levs.

The preliminary data showed that the Industrial Production Index, seasonally adjusted increased by 3.2% in January 2011 as compared to December 2010. The working day adjusted Industrial Production Index rose by 9.3% as compared to the same month of 2010.

In February 2011 the total business climate indicator increases by 2.7 percentage points in comparison with the previous month and it is pulling away from its lowest value registered over the last 2 years by 9.3 percentage points, but there are still 8.3 percentage points left for it to reach its long-term average value.

The average quarterly total income average per household member during the fourth quarter of 2010 is 924 Levs or by 3.7% less compared to the same quarter of 2009. The main part of this income (82.6%) is received from wages and salaries and pensions. The tendency of increase in pensions persists in similar terms as noted in comparative analyses from past periods. A nominal decrease in wages is registered. Wages and salaries continue to be the main source of household income.

Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in January 2011 rose by 0.5% comparing to the previous month, while compared to the same month of 2010 the domestic prices grew by 11.1%. Total Producer Price Index in Industry increased by 1.7% compared to the previous month, compared to the same month of 2010 the prices rose by 12.1%.

In January 2011, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 303.8 thousand, or 7.5% more than the number of the trips in January 2010. In January 2011, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 324.3 thousand or 6.4% more than the number of trips in the corresponding month of 2010.

By preliminarily data, 986.2 thousand Bulgarian residents travelled to the country or abroad in the fourth quarter of 2010. A person of 15 years and over spent on the average 130.3 BGN for its private domestic trip and 704.9 BGN for outbound trip.

According to preliminary data during the fourth quarter of 2010 comparing with the previous three months а decrease of the goods carried was observed, as well of the transport performance by 3.1 and 9.2% respectively. As compared the corresponding period of 2009 was registered a decline in the freight carriages– by 2.1% for the goods carried and by 33.3% for the transport performance. During the fourth quarter of 2010 transported passengers were with 13.0% more than the passengers in the previous three months, while the transport performance fell by 1.5%. In comparison with the corresponding quarter of 2009 а decrease was observed for the transported passengers by 1.0%, while the transport performance increased by 5.2%.