December 23 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's gross foreign debt totalled 36.79 billion euro ($52.43 billion) at the end of October, 0.5% down from the end of 2008, the central bank said on Wednesday.
At the end of October, Bulgaria's gross foreign debt was equivalent to 109.9% of the country's gross domestic product projected for 2009, the central bank said in a statement.
Bulgaria's long-term foreign debt was 24.098 billion euro and short-term debt totalled 12.693 billion at the end of October.
BULGARIA'S GROSS FOREIGN DEBT (in millions of euro):
|
|
End-Oct |
End-'08 |
| TOTAL DEBT |
36,789.9 |
36,973.7 |
| PUBLIC FOREIGN DEBT |
4,157.6 |
3,972.5 |
| PRIVATE FOREIGN DEBT |
32,632.3 |
33,001.2 |
| Commercial Banks Debt |
8,068.8 |
9,077.1 |
| - Short-Term Debt |
6,416.1 |
6,862.3 |
| - Long-Term Debt |
1,652.7 |
2,214.8 |
| GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
|
|
| - Short-Term Debt |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| - Long-Term Debt |
2,805.1 |
2,595.6 |
| Central Bank |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Other Sectors |
11,970.7 |
11,978.1 |
| - Short-Term Debt |
6,277.2 |
6,249.0 |
| - Long-Term Debt |
5,693.6 |
5,729.2 |
| Direct Investments: |
|
|
| Intercompany Loans |
13,945.3 |
13,322.9 |
| LONG-TERM DEBT |
24,096.7 |
23,862.5 |
| SHORT-TERM DEBT |
12,693.2 |
13,111.2 |
| DEBT/GDP, pct |
109.9 |
108.4 |
($ = 0.7016 euro)