Statistical data

The investment business inquiry of NSI carried out among industrial enterprises in October 2012 shows that the entrepreneurs expect to make 4.3% more investments in the current year in comparison with the previous 2011.

According to the seasonally adjusted data, the GDP growth rate in the third quarter of 2012 is 0.5% compared with the same quarter of the previous year.

The average quarterly total income average per household member during the third quarter of 2012 is 1 120 Levs or by 14.5% more compared to the same period of 2011.

The total expenditure per household member during the third quarter of 2012 is 1 033 Levs and it increases by 12.6% in relation to the same quarter of 2011.

The consumption of main food products average per capita doesn’t change significant during the third quarter of 2012 compared to the third quarter of 2011.

The consumer price index in October 2012 compared to September 2012 was 100.3%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.3%.

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute in the third quarter of 2012 the number of newly built residential buildings was 596 and compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year decreased by 11.3%.

In September 2012, 2 327 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.

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.