Similar to statistics of human population, business demography describes the life cycle of the enterprises; their birth, survival and development until death. More specifically business demography supplies data on number of active enterprises, number of newborn enterprises, proportion of survived enterprises and data on changes in employment figures at specific moment in time.
In June 2013 compared to May 2013 an increase is reported for the production of solid fuels by 94.2% and electricity - by 5.6%. At the same time a decrease is reported for the production of liquefied petroleum gases by 11.1%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 0.6%, transport diesel - by 4.1% and natural gas - by 13.0%.
Deliveries of solid fuels in June 2013 compared to May 2013 increase by 86.2% and electricity - by 2.3%. At the same time a decrease is reported for the deliveries of liquefied petroleum gases by 11.4%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 46.9%, transport diesel - by 7.6% and natural gas - by 8.7%.
Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in June 2013 decreased by 0.1% compared to the previous month, while compared to the same month of 2012 the domestic prices did not change. Total Producer Price Index went down by 0.3% compared to the previous month; compared to the same month of 2012 the prices declined by 0.1%.
In July 2013 the total business climate indicator increases by 1.4 percentage points compared to its level from the previous month. A better business climate is registered in industry - by 3.2 percentage points, and retail trade - by 5.2 percentage points, while in construction and service sector have certain deterioration (respectively by 1.8 and 2.8 percentage points).
In June 2013 the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 383.0 thousand or by 6.0% above the registered in June 2012. The trips with other purposes (as guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) composed the greatest share of the total number of Bulgarian residents trips abroad - 42.9%, followed by the trips with holiday and recreation purposes - 34.6% and with professional purposes - 22.5%.
In June 2013, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 1 164.7 thousand which was by 4.3% above the level of June 2012. An increase was registered in the visits with holiday and recreation purposes - by 7.1% as well as in the trips with other purposes by 0.8%, while the professional visits decreased by 2.4%.
The market price index of the dwellings for the second quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter of 2013 was 99.9%, i.e. the average decrease of the market prices of the dwellings was 0.1%.
In 2012 the trials ended with penalty inflicted cover 34 249 committed crimes that were by 6.7% less in comparison with 2011. The number of persons convicted with penalties came into force was 37 996. Compared to 2011 a decrease of the number of persons convicted was observed by 7.4%.
The consumer price index in June 2013 compared to May 2013 was 99.6%, i.e. the monthly inflation was -0.4%.
In May 2013, 2 134 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 94.6 thousands and the bed-places were 199.4 thousands. In comparison with May 2012 the total number of accommodation establishments increased by 10.5% and the bed-places in them - by 6.4%.
The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments amounted to 1 184.0 thousands or by 19.2% more in comparison with the same month of the previous year. The total revenues from nights spent reached 47.3 million BGN or by 6.7% more compared to May 2012.
In the period January - May 2013 the Bulgarian exports to third countries increased by 12.8% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and amounted to 7.2 Billion Levs while the imports decreased by 2.1% and added up to 8.3 Billion Levs.
In the period January - May 2013 the total value of all exported goods (both for third countries and EU) amounted to 17.4 Billion Levs and compared to the corresponding period of 2012 the exports increased by 9.6% while the total value of all imported goods reached 20.2 Billion Levs and decreased by 0.7%.