foreign agricultural service gain report global agriculture information network required public distribution date 5 29 2002 bu2008 bulgaria tobacco and products annual approved by holly higgins us embassy sofia prepared regional fas staff highlights bulgarian production increased in 2001 to about 37 000 mt however overall exports continued slide 17 imports were stable at 8 virginia burley the forecast for is higher a slight increase which could result local stocks cigarette was but record low of 2 300 there are expectations an 4 500 most important development industry will be finalization ongoing privatization national monopoly bulgartabak gob issued first license company independent operations trade includes psd changes yes matrix bu1 bu executive summary table total 3 2000 import export
