Statistical data

According to the seasonally adjusted data, the GDP growth rate in the third quarter of 2010 is 0.3%, compared with the second quarter of the year and 0.2%, compared with the same quarter of the previous year.

The consumer price index (CPI) in October 2010 compared to September 2010 was 100.6%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.6%.
The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) in October 2010 compared to September 2010 was 100.2%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.2%.

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 1.1% in September 2010, compared to the previous month. In September 2010 working day adjusted data showed a drop by 13.1% in the construction production, compared to the same month of 2009.

By preliminary seasonally adjusted data of NSI in September 2010 the turnover in Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles at constant prices decreased by 0.5 % in comparison with the previous month.

In September 2010 the preliminary data showed that the Industrial Production Index, seasonally adjusted increased by 1.6% as compared to August 2010. The working day adjusted Industrial Production Index rose by 9.3% as compared to the same month of 2009.

In the period January - September 2010 the Bulgarian exports to third countries increased by 50.6 % compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and amounted to 8.6 billion levs.
Bulgarian imports from third countries in the first nine months of 2010 increased by 11.6% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and amounted to 11 billion levs.
In the period January - September 2010 the total value of the exported goods was for 22 billion levs and compared to the corresponding period of 2009 the exports increased by 32.9% while the total imported goods for the same period were for 26.4 billion levs or by 8.1% more compared to the previous year.

In the period January - August 2010 the Bulgarian exports to the EU increased by 23.7% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and amounted to 11.7 billion levs.
Bulgarian imports from the EU in the period January - August 2010 increased by 5.4% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and amounted to 13.5 billion levs.

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) at the end of September 2010 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.3% as compared to the end of June 2010 and reached to 2.20 millions. In third quarter of 2010 in comparison with the second quarter of 2010 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 0.3% getting 638 levs.

In October 2010 the total consumer confidence indicator increased by 3.0 percentage points in comparison with July, which is due to the increase of confidence among urban inhabitants (by 1.9 percentage points) and rural inhabitants (by 5.6 percentage points).

In 2009 the total amount of the expenditure on research and development activity (R&D) is 361.1 million BGN which increases by 10.8% in comparison with the previous year and the annual growth tendency retains for the period of 2005 - 2009.