September 24 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's gross foreign debt totalled 36.321 billion euro ($53.632 billion) at the end of July, 1.8% down from the end of 2008, the central bank said on Thursday.
Bulgaria's gross foreign debt at the end of July was equivalent to 107.2% of the country's gross domestic product projected for 2009, the central bank said in a statement.
Bulgaria's long-term foreign debt was 23.881 billion euro and short-term debt totalled 12.439 billion euro at the end of July.
BULGARIA'S GROSS FOREIGN DEBT (in millions of euro):
|
|
End-July |
End-'08* |
| TOTAL DEBT |
36,321.3 |
36,973.7 |
| PUBLIC FOREIGN DEBT |
4,142.9 |
3,972.5 |
| PRIVATE FOREIGN DEBT |
32,178.4 |
33,001.2 |
| Commercial Banks Debt |
8,264.2 |
9,077.1 |
| - Short-Term Debt |
6,540.1 |
6,862.3 |
| - Long-Term Debt |
1,724.2 |
2,214.8 |
| GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
|
|
| - Short-Term Debt |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| - Long-Term Debt |
2,775.3 |
2,595.6 |
| Central Bank |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Other Sectors |
11,583.6 |
11,978.1 |
| - Short-Term Debt |
5,899.5 |
6,249.0 |
| - Long-Term Debt |
5,684.1 |
5,729.2 |
| Direct Investments: |
|
|
| Intercompany Loans |
13,698.1 |
13,322.9 |
| LONG-TERM DEBT |
23,881.7 |
23,862.5 |
| SHORT-TERM DEBT |
12,439.6 |
13,111.2 |
| DEBT/GDP, pct |
107.2 |
108.4 |
* revised figures
($ = 0.6772 euro)