Perfumery and Cosmetic Products - Development of the production, Import, export and sales in Bulgaria
Period: Annual report 2015

Summary
Production

Production of cosmetic products in Bulgaria increases in 2014 with the exception of hair care preparations. Production of perfumes and toilet waters also decreases.
Final data shows acceleration of manufactured toilet soaps, shaving preparation, deodorants, and bath preparations by 14% as compared to 2013. There is increase in production of preparations for oral or dental hygiene (with the exception of toothpastes)-by 21.5%. Production of toothpastes is up by 84.2%.
There is decrease in production as compared with 2013 in preparations for the hair– in shampoos by 12.4%, in lotions and other preparations for hair care by 22%. Production of perfumes and toilet waters is down by 3.7%.
Preliminary data for production in 2015 shows increase by 9.5% of manufactured quantities of shampoos and almost double growth of produced quantities of toothpaste as compared to 2014.

Sales

Overall sales of producers of perfumes and toilet waters are down by 8.5% as compared to 2013. Sales of preparations for hair care are down by 13% for shampoos and by 18.3% for lotions.
In all other products there is acceleration of total sales, as it’s the highest for toothpastes– by 65.5%.
As compared to 2013 sales only of toilet soaps, shaving preparations, deodorants, bath preparations are up by 5% at the domestic market.
There is decrease of sales at the foreign market at the other products, as follows: perfumes are down by 21%, toilet waters by 16%, shampoos by 6%, lotions by 13.8%, toothpastes by 21.7%.
Preliminary data for 2015 shows decrease of sales of producers at the local market of shampoos by 6.8%, as there is an increase by 22.3% for toothpastes.

Import-Export

Increase of commodity exchange with perfumes and cosmetic products in Bulgaria continues. In 2015 growth as compared to 2014 is by 15.2%. Foreign trade is negative for the entire period, as it is up by 19% as compared to 2014.
As compared to 2014 import is greater by 46% in quantity terms, as in terms of value there is an increase by 15.7%. Share in import of the country in 2015 is 0.85%, as compared to 0.74% in 2014.
In 2015 exported quantities perfumes and cosmetic products from Bulgaria are up by 32.6% as compared to 2014, as their value is lower by 14.5%.
Share of exported perfumes and cosmetic products represent 0.71% of total export of the country in 2015.

Financial Indicators

As compared to non-financial companies profitability of sales of cosmetic enterprises is 4 times higher, while that of companies is four times higher, while that of companies producing essential oils is five times higher.
Overall liquidity of cosmetic enterprises is 1.7 times higher as compared to non-financial companies, while that of companies that produce essential oils is 1.2 times higher.
As compared to non-financial companies ratio of indebtedness of cosmetic companies is lower 3.3 times, while that of companies that produce essential oils is lower by 56%.

Contents
I.    MAIN TRENDS IN THE SUBSECTOR
1.1.    Production
1.2.    Sales
1.3.    Import-Export
1.4.    Financial Indicators
II.    PRODUCTION
2.1.    Annual Data (2010-2014)
2.1.1.    Perfumes and Toilet Waters
2.1.2.    Shampoo
2.1.3.    Lotions and Other Preparations for the Hair
2.1.4.    Toothpaste
2.1.5.    Preparations for Oral or Dental Hygiene
2.1.6.    Toilet soaps, Shaving Preparations; Deodorants, Bath Preparations, Other Preparations
2.2.    Preliminary Data (2015)
III.    PRODUCERS’ SALES
3.1.    Annual Data (2010-2014)
3.1.1.    Total Sales
3.1.2.    Domestic Market Sales
3.2.    Preliminary Data (2015)
IV.    IMPORT-EXPORT
4.1.    Foreign Trade
4.2.    Import
4.3.    Export
4.4.    Regional Markets
4.4.1.    Import
4.4.2.    Export
V.    ESSENTIAL OILS
5.1.    Production
5.1.1.    Annual Data (2010-2014)
5.1.2.    Preliminary Data (2015)
5.2.    Domestic Market Sales
5.2.1.    Annual Data (2010-2014)
5.2.2.    Preliminary Data (2015)
5.3.    Import
5.4.    Export
VI.    APPENDICES
VII.    INDEX OF THE TABLES AND GRAPHS INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

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