Bulgaria – country profile Economic overview of Bulgaria 6 March 2014

Focus on Bulgaria Member of EU, NATO and WTO Strategic geographical location and openness to foreign markets: crossroad between Europe, Asia and Africa Competitive labour cost and favourable taxes in the EU BBB-Negative Baa2-Stable BULGARIA SOVEREIGN CREDIT RATINGS

Economic structure GDP: High growth, small contraction in 2009, moderate pace after 2010 Rapidly growing GDP per capita Source: EurostatSource: National Statistical Institute

Economic structure (2) Diversified structure of GDP Source: National Statistical Institute

Financial stability Bulgaria has one of the lowest budget deficit (-0.8%) – 6 th place in the EU Source: National Statistical Institute

Financial stability (2) Bulgaria has the SECOND lowest government debt (18.5%) in EU Source: National Statistical Institute

Export and Import of goods Significant increase in export – average over 11% yearly TOP 10 Bulgarian partners in Export and in Imports Source: Bulgarian National Bank 2012, Million Euro ExportImport

Export and Import of goods (2) Source: National Statistical Institute Largest share of manufactured goods, fuels and machinery

Export and Import of goods (3) 2 nd place Sunflower seeds 3 rd place Unrefined copper 4 th place Zinc plates and foil 8 th place Yarn of wool 10 th place Unwrought lead 11 th place Wheat 12 th place Vermouth & grape wine flavoured with substances IN WORLD EXPORT OF Source: Intracen, 2012 BULGARIA RANKS

Foreign direct investment FDI flows in 2012 amounted about 1,5 Billon Euro Source: Bulgarian National Bank

Competitiveness After accession of Bulgaria to the EU, the country’s position has improved - 22 places up Source: World Economic Forum

Taxation Bulgaria is the 7 th least tax burden country in Forbes ranking of “Tax misery and Reform Index”

Labour cost Bulgaria has the most competitive labour cost in EU Source: Eurostat

Internet speed Bulgaria ranks 8 th place in top-speed internet access according to Akamai's World Report Q1 2013

Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry 9 Iskar str., 1058 Sofia, Bulgaria Tel: (+359 2) Fax: (+359 2) Web site: Thank you for attention! Tsvetan Simeonov President of the BCCI