Statistical data

In December 2010 the total business climate indicator preserves its level from the previous month, as the inquiry registers a slight improvement of the business conjuncture in the sectors of industry and services, and a worsening in construction and retail trade.

In November 2010, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 250.9 thousand, or 15.2% less than the number of the trips in November 2009. In November 2010, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 375.1 thousand or 10.7% more than the number of trips in the corresponding month of 2009.

According to the first estimates of the National Statistical Institute, prepared as of November, the final output at basic prices in agriculture amounted to 7494.5 million levs or went up by 1.4% as compared with a year ago. The increase was mainly due to the raise in prices by 4.9%.

Preliminary data for third quarter of 2010 indicated that total hourly labour cost rose by 10.7% compared to the third quarter of 2009.

The National Statistical institute has the pleasure to present to the attention of its users results from the annual surveys in the field of environmental statistics for 2009.

Bulgaria falls among the countries with the highest percentage of persons at risk of poverty in the EU together with Latvia, Romania, Greece, Lithuania, Spain and Estonia.

The consumer price index (CPI) in November 2010 compared to October 2010 was 100.7%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.7%.
The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) in November 2010 compared to October 2010 was 100.5%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.5%.

According to the preliminary data of the NSI, the production in section ‘Construction’, calculated on the base of seasonally adjusted data, registered a decrease by 0.1% in October 2010, compared to the previous month.

The preliminary data showed that the Industrial Production Index , seasonally adjusted decreased by 0.6% in October 2010 as compared to September 2010. The working day adjusted Industrial Production Index rose by 4.3% as compared to the same month of 2009.

In the period January - October 2010 the Bulgarian exports to third countries increased by 47% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and amounted to 9.6 billion levs while the imports increased by 11.7% and reached to 12.4 billion levs
In the period January - October 2010 the total value of the exported goods was for 24.8 billion levs and compared to the corresponding period of 2009 the exports increased by 31.6% while the total value of the imported goods were for 29.9 billion levs and increased by 8.9%.