Statistical data

In March 2013, 1 830 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 rooms in them was 52.5 thousands and the bed-places were 104.7 thousands. In comparison with March 2012 the total number of accommodation establishments increased by 8.5% and the bed-places in them - by 6.1%.
The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments amounted to 632.0 thousands or by 9.9% more in comparison with the same month of the previous year. The total revenues from nights spent reached 30.0 Million BGN or by 5.4% more compared to March 2012.

In the period January - March 2013 the Bulgarian exports to third countries increased by 12.6% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and amounted to 4.1 Billion Levs while the imports grew by 5.8% and added up to 4.8 Billion Levs.
In the period January - March 2013 the total value of all exported goods (both for third countries and EU) amounted to 10.2 Billion Levs and compared to the corresponding period of 2012 the exports increased by 12.9% while the total value of all imported goods added up to 11.7 Billion Levs and grew by 2.8%.

According to the preliminary data in March 2013 the index of production in section ‘Construction’ calculated on the base of seasonally adjusted data was 1.3% below the level of the previous month.

The preliminary data show that the Industrial Production Index seasonally adjusted decreased by 2.3% in March 2013 as compared to February 2013. The working day adjusted Industrial Production Index fall by 3.6% in comparison with the same month of 2012.

In the period January - February 2013 the Bulgarian exports to the EU increased by 17.3% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and amounted to 4.0 Billion Levs while the imports from EU grew by 7.0% and added up to 4.5 Billion Levs.
In February 2013 the exports to the EU increased by 17.8% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and exceeded 1.9 Billion Levs while the imports grew by 16.8% and amounted to 2.5 Billion Levs.

In the first quarter of 2013, the municipal authorities have issued building permits for construction of 764 residential buildings with 1 877 dwellings, of 32 administrative buildings/offices and 903 other buildings. The construction of 399 residential buildings with 1 513 dwellings, of 22 administrative buildings/offices and 355 other buildings has been started.

The main results of the yearly exhaustive surveys that characterize the activity of the educational institutions, conducted by the National Statistical Institute (NSI), are:

• The number of children in kindergartens for 2012/2013 was 235.0 thousand as an increase of 3.1% is observed in comparison with the previous school year.
• In 2012, 30.3 and 29.4 thousand students graduated secondary education in respectively general and vocational schools.
• For the 2012/2013 academic year, the number of enrollments in higher education remained almost unchanged in comparison with the previous academic year - 278.6 thousand persons as a decrease in the number of students in colleges (education-qualification degree "Professional Bachelor") and in private universities is registered.
• Significant increase of the number of Ph.D. students is observed. As of 31.12.2012, 5 371 Ph.D. students were enrolled in the country, or 14.2% more than the previous academic year.

In March 2013 compared to February 2013 an increase is reported for the production of natural gas by 18.2%. At the same time a decrease is reported for the production of solid fuels by 51.6%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 23.3%, transport diesel - by 10.9%, and electricity - by 3.3%. No change is reported for the production of liquefied petroleum gases.

Deliveries of liquefied petroleum gases in March 2013 compared to February 2013 increase by 11.1%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 2.5%, transport diesel - by 18.7%, natural gas - by 0.3% and electricity - by 2.5%. At the same time a decrease is reported for the deliveries of solid fuels by 49.7%.

Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in March 2013 decreased by 1.1% compared to the previous month, while compared to the same month of 2012 the domestic prices grew by 0.6%. Total Producer Price Index fell by 0.8% compared to the previous month; compared to the same month of 2012 the prices went up by 0.5%.

In April 2013 the total business climate indicator decreases by 0.6 percentage points compared to its level from the previous month, as only in industry the drop of the indicator is observed (by 4.2 percentage points). In construction and service sector the business climate rises by 4.4 and 0.6 percentage points respectively and in retail trade keeps approximately its March level.