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⁽¹⁾ 1997; ⁽²⁾ 1996; ⁽³⁾ GDP expressed in purchasing power standards. ⁽⁴⁾ 1995 ⁽⁵⁾ 1996-1997

Sources: Eurostat, Memo10/99, 7 December 1999, EU Enlargement, Key Data on Candidate Countries;Eurostat, News release № 69/2000,16 June; N 130/2000, 20 November. The Global Competitiveness Report 2000, The Global Competitiveness Report 2000 (Barro and Lee 2000, 1999 UNESKO Statistical Yearbook, World Telecommunications Indicators database, International Telecommunications Union)

Table 33 High-tech sector value added in Bulgaria, 1996-1998

Indicators	Total economy	High-tech sector Total	Higher hi-tech manufacturing sector (NCEA - 35, 37)	35	37	Medium hi-tech manufacturing sector (NCEA - 27, 34, 36, 38, 39, 40)	27	34	36	38	39	40	High tech services (NCEA – 68, 76, 77)	68	76	77
Total
Share to total economy GVA, %
1996	100	9.9	0.2	0.1	0.1	7.9	3.8	2.2	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.8	1.7	0.1	0.1
1997	100	9.6	0.7	0.1	0.6	6.6	2.9	2.3	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.6	2.2	2.0	0.1	0.1
1998	100	7.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	4.9	1.5	2.2	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.5	2.6	2.4	0.1	0.1
Structure of high-tech sector value added, %
1996	x	100	2.2	1.1	1.1	79.4	37.7	22.4	7.5	1.9	2.5	7.2	18.5	16.7	1.0	0.8
1997	x	100	7.4	1.1	6.3	69.5	30.7	23.6	6.3	1.3	1.8	5.8	23.1	21.1	1.2	0.8
1998	x	100	2.5	1.0	1.5	64.0	19.2	28.4	6.5	1.9	1.6	6.4	33.6	31.1	1.6	0.8
Value added/output ratio, %
1996	41.5	38.6	31.0	26.3	37.5	36.9	33.8	41.4	31.7	49.2	46.1	45.4	50.1	53.3	31.5	32.9
1997	40.6	36.5	28.5	20.8	30.5	33.6	27.6	43.8	30.5	38.2	47.8	40.9	56.4	58.8	39.9	38.5
1998	45.0	35.1	26.6	18.3	37.5	30.0	20.4	40.2	31.4	41.0	38.3	33.3	54.0	56.2	33.9	40.1
Value added per employee, at current prices, denominated leva
1996	736	532	217	282	178	600	1365	337	447	338	589	648	403	600	324	52
1997	7097	4707	2154	2992	1609	4900	9662	3343	3600	2316	4078	4893	4640	6827	3815	530
1998	9252	5419	3090	3167	3040	4989	6519	4505	4033	3511	4041	6090	6999	10361	5048	539
Value added per employee, at current prices and annual average exchange rate, $
1996	4186	3026	1237	1603	1012	3414	7762	1914	2545	1925	3351	3686	2291	3415	1845	297
1997	4233	2808	1285	1785	960	2923	5763	1994	2148	1381	2432	2919	2768	4072	2276	316
1998	5256	3078	1755	1799	1727	2834	3703	2559	2291	1994	2295	3460	3976	5886	2868	306
Private sector
Private sector share in value added, %
1996	55,4	7,8	16,8	3,9	29,2	7,6	4,6	10,4	7,1	8,5	42,7	3,4	7,5	3,9	67,6	7,5
1997	63,0	27,6	53,8	62,8	42,9	32,5	29,1	32,2	51,9	25,9	43,2	28,4	10,5	6,1	85,8	12,2
1998	63,4	36,0	62,8	75,2	54,5	46,9	44,1	44,5	79,8	42,2	64,4	29,9	12,6	9,3	73,6	14,5
Structure of private high-tech sector value added, %
1996	x	100	4.6	0.5	4.1	77.7	22.4	29.8	6.8	2.1	13.4	3.2	17.7	8.2	8.7	0.8
1997	x	100	13.7	2.4	11.3	78.0	30.9	26.3	11.3	1.2	2.6	5.7	8.3	4.5	3.5	0.4
1998	x	100	4.4	2.1	2.3	83.8	23.5	35.3	14.4	2.3	2.9	5.4	11.8	8.1	3.4	0.3
Value added/output ratio in the private sector, %
1996	51.7	27.3	15.3	3.3	29.2	29.0	26.1	31.7	22.2	24.4	43.6	17.5	26.2	25.3	26.7	31.9
1997	47.1	29.9	24.6	15.7	28.0	30.7	28.1	33.2	28.0	30.5	36.4	41.8	33.7	31.2	37.9	31.4
1998	48.5	29.0	22.4	16.3	33.9	29.2	22.3	33.8	30.0	34.3	35.3	38.6	30.9	31.6	29.5	31.7

Source: National Statistical Institute and own calculations on National Statistical Institute primary data based on the annual reports of the revenues and expenditures of the industrial enterprises and establishments.

Table 34 Production of the industrial enterprises and establishments, growth rates 1996-2000

(since the beginning of the year over the corresponding period of the previous year, %)

NACE Rev.1	NCEA	Activity groupings	1996	1997	1998	1999	1'00	2'00	3'00	4'00	5'00	6'00	7'00	8'00	9'00
		Industry, total	5,1	-10,0	-7,9	-12,5	5,2	1,2	5,2	4,1	3,9	3,2	1,7	2,0	3,3
		Manufacturing	4,8	-12,0	-11,0	-13,2	3,0	0,0	4,3	2,7	3,5	3,8	2,7	3,0	3,6
		Higher tech manufacturing sector:
30	35	Office machinery and computers	40,9	-6,7	-22,1	-24,5	29,7	55,1	66,2	37,6	42,3	45,6	47,9	47,3	42,2
32	37	Radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus	-35,9	-21,2	20,9	8,2	65,7	40,9	47,6	53,7	59,8	62,3	53,4	54,1	45,3
		Medium high tech manufacturing sector:
24	27	Chemicals and chemical products	19,5	-9,0	-24,8	-18,4	22,8	9,1	6,1	5,2	5,8	7,5	6,5	8,6	11,0
29	34	Machinery and equipment	-0,8	0,9	-2,0	-11,9	-18,6	-32,4	-32,9	-22,6	-19,6	-12,5	-11,1	-14,9	-13,8
31	36	Electrical machinery and apparatus	9,5	-14,4	-13,4	-11,3	2,3	2,9	12,7	11,7	12,5	6,7	2,9	3,9	3,6
33	38	Medical, precision and optical instruments	-10,0	-19,7	11,0	-6,8	-25,6	-18,3	-7,7	-18,6	-9,0	-14,4	-15,7	-11,5	-11,5
34	39	Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	-14,7	-16,9	-31,6	-3,5	21,3	-3,7	-4,3	-3,5	-1,2	-11,8	-11,0	-5,9	-5,8
35	40	Other transport equipment	-2,5	-15,6	17,9	-53,6	121,8	10,8	-18,0	-27,9	-19,1	-13,4	-0,9	-3,8	5,2
		Private sector
		Higher tech manufacturing sector:
30	35	Office machinery and computers	51,4	92,8	-19,2
32	37	Radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus	-6,6	9,4	32,5
		Medium high tech manufacturing sector:
24	27	Chemicals and chemical products	130,2	327,2	3,8
29	34	Machinery and equipment	-7,8	208,6	27,0
31	36	Electrical machinery and apparatus	50,7	256,7	16,7
33	38	Medical, precision and optical instruments	18,0	31,9	59,2
34	39	Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	40,2	1,9	-16,7
35	40	Other transport equipment	34,7	113,2	9,1
		Public sector
		Higher tech manufacturing sector:
30	35	Office machinery and computers	34,5	-74,4	-37,0
32	37	Radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus	-46,3	-40,6	7,3
		Medium high tech manufacturing sector:
24	27	Chemicals and chemical products	15,7	-31,1	-36,4
29	34	Machinery and equipment	0,4	-30,0	-20,8
31	36	Electrical machinery and apparatus	5,3	-55,1	-48,7
33	38	Medical, precision and optical instruments	-16,8	-33,6	-14,3
34	39	Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	-36,7	-33,4	-50,8
35	40	Other transport equipment	-5,5	-30,4	20,9

Source: National Statistical Institute

Table 35 Production of the industrial enterprises and establishments by selected activity groupings, 1996-1998

(annual growth rates, %)

NACE Rev.1	NCEA	Activity groupings	1996	1997	1998
24	27	Chemicals and chemical products (NCEA 27)	19,5	-9,0	-24,7
	271	Basic chemicals	21,4	-14,4	-38,4
	272	Pesticides and other agro-chemical products	-39,5	-17,9	2,0
	273	Paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics	8,2	-9,5	-8,6
	274	Pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemicals and botanical products	40,8	-3,3	-16,7
	275	Soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations, perfumes and toilet preparations	31,5	2,4	-15,3
	276	Other chemical products	-34,8	-11,2	133,9
	277	Man-made fibres	-12,5	8,6	-14,6
31	36	Electrical machinery and apparatus (NCEA 36)	9,5	-14,4	-13,3
	361	Electric motors, generators and transformers	-2,4	-9,5	-16,8
	362	Electricity distributions and control apparatus	-21,5	-11,5	23,5
	363	Insulated wire and cable	17,6	-29,1	-16,7
	364	Accumulators, primary cells and primary batteries	14,2	-4,4	-24,1
	365	Electric lamps and lighting equipment	19,7	-2,4	-3,9
	366	Other electrical equipment	44,5	-13,6	-19,4

Source: National Statistical Institute