Gross Domestic Product, Second Quarter of 2014 (preliminary data)
According to the seasonally adjusted data, the GDP growth rate in the second quarter of 2014 is 1.6% compared to the same quarter of 2013.
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Foreign Direct Investments and Expenditure on Acquisition of Tangible Fixed Assets, 2013
According to preliminary data the foreign direct investments in the non-financial sector as of 31.12.2013 amounted to 22 948 million Euro, which is 4.5% more compared to 2012.
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Activity of Non-Financial Enterprises for 2013 (preliminary data)
According to preliminary data 315 587 non-financial enterprises submitted their annual reports for 2013 at the National Statistical Institute. The data show they made 124 457 million BGN of production value, generated 36 669 million BGN of value added at factor cost and employed 1 873 957 persons.
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Activity of Financial Enterprises and Associations and Foundations in 2013 (preliminary data)
According to preliminary data 54 licensed insurance enterprises, 9 pension companies and 28 pension funds managed by them, 250 special investment purpose companies and 9 243 associations and foundations submitted their annual reports for 2013 at the National Statistical Institute.
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Production and Deliveries of Energy Products, June 2014 (preliminary data)
In June 2014 compared to May 2014 an increase of the production of electricity by 1.9% is reported. At the same time a decrease of the production of solid fuels by 39.2%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 11.1%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 6.8%, transport diesel - by 25.4% and natural gas - by 20.0% is reported.
In June 2014 compared to May 2014 a decrease of the deliveries of solid fuels by 36.0%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 5.7%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 4.5%, transport diesel - by 11.4%, natural gas - by 23.8%, and electricity - by 2.9% is reported.
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Producer Price Indices in Industry, July 2014
Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in July 2014 decreased by 0.1% compared to the previous month, while compared to the same month of 2013 the domestic prices fell by 0.6%. Total Producer Price Index increased by 0.2% compared to the previous month, while compared to the same month of 2013 the prices went down by 0.4%.
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Business Conjuncture, August 2014
In August 2014 the total business climate indicator decreases by 1.6 percentage points compared to its July level which is due to the more unfavourable business climate in construction, retail trade and service sector.
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Trips of Bulgarian Residents Abroad and Arrivals of Visitors from Abroad to Bulgaria in July 2014
In July 2014, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 453.8 thousand or by 1.8% above the registered in July 2013. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in July 2014 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 47.3%, followed by the trips with holiday and recreation purposes - 32.4%, and with professional purpose - 20.3%.
In July 2014, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 1 792.5 thousands or by 4.9% above the level of July 2013. An increase was registered in the trips with professional purpose - by 54.0% and with other purposes - by 27.5%, while the trips with holiday and recreation purpose decreased by 11.9%.
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Goods and Passengers Carried and Transport Performance by Mode of Transport in the Second Quarter of 2014 (preliminary data)
According to preliminary non-adjusted data during the second quarter of 2014 in comparison with the same period of 2013 there was a drop in the transported goods (by 8.9%) as well in the transport performance (by 1.0%) from the land and water transport.
Compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year in the second quarter of 2014 an increase was observed both in the number of transported passengers and the transport performance from the passenger transport by 0.9% and 8.4%, respectively.
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Tourist Trips and Tourism-related Expenditure of the Population in Second Quarter of 2014 (preliminary data)
In the second quarter of 2014, 886.1 thousand Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority (74.7%) of them travelled only within the country, 19.8% - only abroad and 5.5% - both in the country and abroad. Compared to the same quarter of 2013 the total number of the travelled persons aged 15 and over decreased by 1.2%, as a reduction was observed in the number of the Bulgarian residents travelled in the country - by 13.6%, while the number of persons travelled abroad increased by 34.7%.
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