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**Table 12:** _Exports of end-use products in terms of their imports in 1996-2003 (in percent)_

||||Export<br>|inperc<br>|ent of i<br>|mports<br>|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||1996|1997|1998|1999|2000|2001|2002|2003|
|Agricultural Food & Feeds|199|147|167|180|143|127|149|<br>127|
|Industrial Raw Materials|210|187|122|143|166|132|154|<br>131|
|Machinery, excluding Automobiles|87|77|61|**35**|38|38|44|<br>42|
|Automobiles & Parts|24|17|8.8|9.3|4.3|3.7|5.0|<br>4.8|
|Other Consumer Goods|136|149|113|101|107|73|72|<br>73|
|Fuels|19|25|15|25|33|125|126|<br>101|
|All Goods|96|100|86|73|74|70|72|<br>69|

Source: Based on Bulgaria's reporting from UN COMTRADE Statistics.

# **B** **_._** _Degree of processing embodied in EU-oriented exports: end-use product categories_

The composition of exports in terms of end-use product categories sheds light on changes in the extent of processing embodied in exported products as well as to differences in drivers of growth in both 1996-99 and 2000-03 phases in terms of the level of processing embodied in exports. Table 13 presents the structure of Bulgaria’s EU-15-oriented exports in these categories.

**Table 13:** _EU-oriented exports by end-use product categories in 1996-2003(in millions of US dollars): composition and share in EU imports (in percent)_

|||**Expor**|**ts to E**|**U(in m**|**illion o**|**f US do**|**llars)**||Averageg|rowth rate|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||1996|1997|1998<br>|1999<br>|2000|2001|2002|2003|1996-99|2000-03|
|Food & Feed (0+1+2+4-27-28)|359|354|346|334|256|289|428|404|-1.8|12.1|
|Industrial Raw Materials (27+28+68)|231|248|286|297|548|368|380|538|6.5|-0.5|
|Machinery, excluding auto (7-78)|200|176|217|243|250|283|369|525|5.0|20.4|
|Automobiles & Parts (78)|24|9|12|10|11|14|22|29|-20.0|28.7|
|Consumer Goods (5+6+8+9-68)|1,330|1,541|1,626|1,460|1,693|2,029|1,952|2,543|2.4|10.7|
|_of which: textiles (65)_|_73_|_80_|_88_|_68_|_64_|_86_|_121_|_156_|_-1.7_|_25.1_|
|_clothing (84)_|_398_|_477_|_598_|_629_|_729_|_911_|_872 _|_1,154_|_12.1_|_12.2_|
|_footwear(623 and 85)_|_103_|_128_|_121_|_111_|_116_|_161_|_172_|_222_|_1.8_|_17.7_|
|Fuels(3)|33|46|31|16|59|117|46|151|-16.4|26.3|
|All Goods(0 to 9)|2,204|2,410|2,539|2,378|2,840|3,120|3,290|4,272|1.9|10.7|
|||**Com**|**positio**|**n of ex**|**ports(**|**inperc**|**ent)**||Index,1999|Index,2003|
||1996|1997|1998<br>|1999<br>|2000|2001|2002|2003|1996=100|2000=100|
|Food & Feed (0+1+2+4-27-28)|16.3|14.7|13.6|14.0|9.0|9.3|13.0|9.5|86|105|
|<br>Industrial Raw Materials (27+28+68)|10.5|10.3|11.3|12.5|19.3|11.8|11.6|12.6|119|65|
|<br>Machinery, excluding auto (7-78)|9.1|7.3|8.6|10.2|8.8|9.1|11.2|12.3|113|140|
|Automobiles & Parts (78)|1.1|0.4|0.5|0.4|0.4|0.5|0.7|0.7|38|183|
|Consumer Goods (5+6+8+9-68)|60.4|63.9|64.0|61.4|59.6|65.0|59.3|59.5|102|100|
|_of which: textiles (65)_|_3.3_|_3.3_|_3.5_|_2.9_|_2.2_|_2.8_|_3.7_|_3.6_|_86_|_163_|
|_clothing (84)_|_18.1_|_19.8_|_23.5_|_26.4_|_25.7_|_29.2_|_26.5_|_27.0_|_146_|_105_|
|_footwear(623 and 85)_|_4.7_|_5.3_|_4.8_|_4.6_|_4.1_|_5.2_|_5.2_|_5.2_|_99_|_128_|
|Fuels(3)|1.5|1.9|1.2|0.7|2.1|3.7|1.4|3.5|45|169|
|||**Sh**|**are in**|**EU imp **|**orts(in**|**perce**|**nt)**||Averageg|rowth rate|
||1996|1997|1998<br>|1999<br>|2000|2001|2002|2003|1996-99|2000-03|
|Food & Feed (0+1+2+4-27-28)|0.41|0.41|0.40|0.41|0.32|0.36|0.52|0.42|0.3|7.0|
|<br>Industrial Raw Materials (27+28+68)|0.78|0.79|0.88|0.99|1.54|1.13|1.24|1.49|6.2|-0.8|
|<br>Machinery, excluding auto (7-78)|0.09|0.08|0.09|0.09|0.08|0.10|0.14|0.16|-0.6|18.4|
|Automobiles & Parts (78)|0.07|0.03|0.03|0.02|0.02|0.03|0.04|0.04|-27.6|17.5|
|<br>Consumer Goods (5+6+8+9-68)|0.50|0.55|0.55|0.49|0.53|0.63|0.58|0.64|-0.5|4.7|
|<br>_of which: textiles (65)_|_0.42_|_0.43_|_0.45_|_0.37_|_0.34_|_0.48_|_0.67_|_0.76_|_-2.6_|_21.8_|
|<br>_clothing (84)_|_0.87_|_1.00_|_1.20_|_1.25_|_1.44_|_1.74_|_1.58_|_1.74_|_9.4_|_4.9_|
|<br>_footwear (623 and 85)_|_1.28_|_1.45_|_1.40_|_1.22_|_1.22_|_1.55_|_1.56_|_1.69_|_-1.2_|_8.6_|
|<br>Fuels(3)|0.14|0.19|0.18|0.08|0.20|0.36|0.24|0.37|-12.9|16.4|
|All Goods(0 to 9)|0.29|0.31|0.31|0.28|0.29|0.33|0.35|0.37|-0.9|6.0|

Source: Based on EU Data from UN COMTRADE Statistics.

Data tabulated in Table 13 point to an increase in the level of processing embodied in exports during the current phase, as captured by changes in the weight of foods and feeds together with industrial raw materials. These are regarded as traditional production inputs that is, not