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A DOUBLE BLOW TO BULGARIAN INDUSTRY.

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Bulgarian industry is cutting back on capital investment because of weak sales both at home and abroad. Internal sales are not likely to improve during 2003 because discretionary spending is very limited at the household level. Purchasing power is not likely to improve over the next year

With purchasing power parity per capita of about US$6,200 per annum, the average Bulgarian has about one-fourth the consumer clout of his Western European counterpart. Most households have very limited ability to buy manufactured goods because over 40 percent of their earnings go to the purchase of food. Real wages have been severely undermined by rampant inflation that amounted to about 3,600 percent from 1995 to 2001

With consumers on the ropes, Bulgaria became an attractive destination for contraband merchandise and low-cost ...

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