August industrial sales were 23.3% lower than a year earlier.
BULGARIA INDUSTRIAL SALES (PCT CHANGE):
August'09 | July'09 | August'08 | |
M/M | -6.1 | +1.3 | -13.0 |
Y/Y | -23.3 | -23.8 | -5.4 |
BREAKDOWN BY INDUSTRY (M/M PCT CHANGE)
August'09 | July'09* | August'08 | |
- manufacturing | -7.2 | +1.8 | -14.6 |
- mining | +7.3 | +13.4 | -5.8 |
- utilities | -4.9 | -2.4 | +1.4 |
* revised figures
Bulgaria's August industrial output fell by a provisional 7.8% month-on-month.