Bulgaria - the best opportunities and advantages in Apparel Industry

The textile and apparel industry in Bulgaria represents: 

•About 2500 active companies
- 72% of them produce to middle price segment
- 24 % produce to high price segment
- 40 % of the companies work on commission

•More than 90% of the companies involved in the sector are SMEs
- 113,260 employees which represents 5% of the total number of the employees in Bulgaria
- 19,3% of the people employed in industry

• 9.8 % of the total Bulgarian export (2010)
- The average wage is higher by 8.8% compared to 2009

- The major part of apparel production in Bulgaria has been manufacturing to order

- The internal market realizes about 5.3% of production

• 90 % of the export is for the EU countries
• Very price-competitive as a CM/CMT producer.

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