Section I ‘Transport, storage and communication’

Use IS Infostat for preceding years

Time series : SBS_SecI_en.xls

MAIN ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR SECTION ‘TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION’
Indicator	Eurostat code	2007
Number of enterprises - num.	11 110	17 805
Turnover - thous. BGN	12 110	12 868 252
Production value - thous. BGN	12 120	12 276 495
Value added at factor cost - thous. BGN	12 150	4 341 484
Total purchases of goods and services - thous. BGN	13 110	8 979 650
Personnel costs - thous. BGN	13 310	1 568 912
Wages and salaries - thous. BGN	13 320	1 180 933
Number of persons employed - num.	16 110	186 737

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STRUCTURAL BUSINESS STATISTICS - NON-FINANCIAL ENTERPRISES

'Business Statistics' Directorate

'Annual Business Statistics' Department

Karmen Iskrova

State expert

2, P. Volov Str., 1038 Sofia

[email protected]

+359 2 9857 151

Concept	Presentation
Data description	The SBS data is received from the Annual reports of non-financial enterprises, compiling and non-compliting balance sheets, according to the requirements of Regulation (EC) № 2700/98 - definition of characteristics.
Classification system	• National Classification of Economic Activities (NACE.BG-2003); • National Classification of Products by Economic Activities (CPA.BG 2003) • Classification of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS) - (version 19.06.2006).
Sector coverage	The SBS survey includes all non-financial enterprises, classified in sections C to I and section K by NACE.BG-2003 for the period 2002 - 2007.
Units of measure	Number and thousand levs
Reference Period	Calendar year
Time coverage	2002 - 2007
Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements Regulatory requirements and rules (national and European)	• Regulation (EC) № 58/97 of 20 December 1996 concerning SBS, complemented by: - Regulation (EC) № 2700/98 of 17 December 1998 - definition of characteristics, amended by Regulation (EC) № 1670/2003 of 1 September 2003; - Regulation (EC) № 2701/98 of 17 December 1998 - the series of data for SBS, amended by Regulation (EC) № 1669/2003 of 1 September 2003; - Regulation (EC) № 2702/98 of 17 December 1998 - technical format for the transmission of SBS data, amended by Regulation (EC) № 1668/2003 of 1 September 2003; - Regulation (EC) № 2699/98 of 17 December 1998 concerning derogations; - Regulation (EC) № 1667/2003 of 1 September 2003 concerning derogations; - Regulation (EC) № 1614/2002 of 6 September 2002 – amending Regulation (EC) № 58/97 and Regulation (EC) № 2700/98, (EC) № 2701/98 and (EC) № 2702/98; - Regulation (EC) № 1618/1999 of 23 July 1999 - criteria for the evaluation of the quality of SBS data.
Timeliness	• on national level – the SBS data are published in accordance with the deadline specified in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute; • to Eurostat – preliminary data – 10 months after the reference year; final data – 18 months after the reference year.
Dissemination format	• the NSI website: www.nsi.bg • Statistical Yearbook; • Statistical Reference Book; • Bulgaria – Statistical Panorama.
Documentation on methodology	Eurostat's methodological manual concerning SBS data
Source data	The main data sources for calculating the SBS data are: • Annual Report of the non-financial enterprises, compiling balance sheets; • Annual Report of the non-financial enterprises, non-compiling balance sheets.
Frequency of data collection	Yearly
Data collection	Exhaustively for all non-financial enterprises covered in the SBS survey.