Bulgaria Business
• Main exports: Food, tobacco, wine, attar (oil) of roses, metals, chemicals, petrochemicals, electronics and machinery.
• Main imports: Food, fuel products, chemicals, machinery and textiles.
• Main trade partners: Russian Federation, Germany, Italy, Turkey and Greece.
Economy
The value of the Bulgarian Lev was fixed to the Deutschmark by the currency control board created in 1997; it is now linked to the Euro. The economy grew at a healthy 6.5% in 2006; inflation has been brought down to single figures and in 2006 was 6.5%.
In 1990, Bulgaria joined the IMF, which has had a major influence on the country's economic policy, along with the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Bulgaria became a member of the European Union in January 2007.
Business Etiquette
Office hours: Mon-Fri 0900-1730.
Business Contacts
ulitska Iskar 9, 1058 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel: (02) 987 2631.
Website: www.bcci.bg
British-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce in the UK
PO Box 123, Bromley, BR1 4ZX, UK
Tel: (020) 8464 5007.
Website: www.bbcc.bg
North American-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce in the USA
851 Irwin Street, Suite 200, San Rafael, CA, 94901, USA
Tel: 1 800 269 2152.
Website: www.nabcc.org
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