Industrial Sales Rose 5.7% in June mom.

10.08.2000

Bulgaria's industrial sales rose 5.7% in June from May, and were 0.9% higher from the same month last year, the National Statistical Institute reported. A month ago, industrial sales rose 7% from the previous month and rose 7.9% from a year earlier. Tobacco sales increased 18% in the month and falling 7.4% in the year. Sales of refined oil products rose 13.1% in the month and 34.4% in the year. Sales of electricity, gas and water increased 4.4% in the month and fell 3.9% in the year. Sales for export rose 28.2% from the same month a year ago, while domestic sales fell 14.7% from the year-ago month. Industrial output rose 5.4% in June from May and was 8% higher from the same period a year ago. A month ago, industrial output rose 4.5% in the month and 8.3% in the year