Press releases

In January 2015 compared to December 2014 an increase of the production of solid fuels by 8.5%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 3.3% and electricity - by 1.4% is reported. At the same time a decrease of the production of liquefied petroleum gases - by 10.0%, transport diesel - by 3.9% and natural gas - by 16.7% is reported.

In January 2015 compared to December 2014 an increase of the deliveries of solid fuels by 5.7%, natural gas - by 4.1% and electricity - by 6.2% is reported. At the same time a decrease of the deliveries of liquefied petroleum gases - by 6.1%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 45.9% and transport diesel - by 49.0% is reported. 

Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in February 2015 increased by 0.7% compared to the previous month; compared to the same month of 2014 the domestic prices fell by 1.2%. Total Producer Price Index in February 2015 rose by 1.4% compared to the previous month; compared to the same month of 2014 the prices went down by 1.4%. 

In February 2015, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 256.2 thousand or by 2.7% above the registered in February 2014. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in February 2015 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 55.0%, followed by the trips with professional purpose - 23.4%, and with holiday and recreation purposes - 21.6%.

In February 2015, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 329.8 thousands or by 2.9% above the level of February 2014. An increase was registered in the trips with professional purpose and with other purposes by 37.5% and 8.3% respectively, while the trips with holiday and recreation purpose decreased by 11.9%.

In March 2015 the total business climate indicator increases by 0.9 percentage points compared to the previous month due to the improved business climate in industry and service sector.

Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2014 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 3.1% compared to the fourth quarter of 2013. 

The consumer price index in February 2015 compared to January 2015 was 100.2%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.2.

In 2014 the Bulgarian exports to the EU increased by 3.2% compared to the previous year and amounted to 27.0 Billion BGN while the imports grew by 4.5% and added up to 31.5 Billion BGN.

In December 2014 the exports to the EU increased by 18.7% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and amounted to 2.1 Billion BGN while the imports grew by 13.3% and added up to 2.8 Billion BGN.

In January 2015 Bulgarian exports to third countries decreased by 2.5% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and amounted to 1.1 Billion BGN while the imports decreased by 9.9% and added up to 1.5 Billion BGN.

In  January 2015  the total value of all exported goods (both for third countries and EU) amounted to 3.4 Billion BGN and compared to the corresponding month of 2014 the exports increased by 8.9% while the total value of all imported goods added up to 3.8 Billion BGN and decreased by 4.2%.