Bulgaria Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $56.4 billion, 1984 (1984 dollars), $6,295 per capita; 1984 real growth rate, 3.1%

Natural resources: bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, lignite, lumber

Agriculture: mainly self-sufficient main crops—grain, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, sheep, hogs, poultry, cheese, sunflower seeds

Fishing: catch 151,000 metric tons (1983)

Major industries: food processing, machine and metal building, electronics, chemicals

Shortages: some raw materials; scattered energy and food shortages in 1985

Crude steel. 2.9 million metric tons produced (1984), 324 kg per capita

Electric power: 10,200,000 kW capacity (1985); 45.8 billion kWh produced (1985), 5,100 kWh per capita

Exports: $12.2 billion (f.o.b., 1984), 48% machinery and equipment; 18% agricultural products; 11% fuels, mineral raw materials, and metals; 10% manufactured consumer goods; 13% other

Imports: $12.0 billion (f.o.b., 1984); 47% fuelsand minerals, 34% machinery and equipment, 5% chemicals, 4% manufactured consumer goods, 10% other (1982)

Major trade partners: 57% Soviet Union, 18.5% other Communist countries, 24.5% non-Communist countries

Monetary conversion rate: 1.016 leva= US$1 (September 1985)

Fiscal year: calendar year

NOTE: The information regarding Bulgaria on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bulgaria 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bulgaria 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.