required report public distribution date 9 27 2005 gain number bu5012 bulgaria livestock and products annual approved by brian goggin us embassy prepared mila boshnakova highlights in 2004 bulgarian industry continued to struggle with new eu veterinary sanitary safety norms the biggest challange has been eradication of classical swine fever which started meat shortage became acute due protectionist trade policy consumer demand exceedng local commercial production imports red increased 50 for beef 45 pork compared 2003 further increases are likely 2006 meet suppliers have an opportunity export until october or 2007 depending on actual accession 2008 includes psd changes no matrix sofia bu1 bu usda foreign agricultural service global agriculture information network template version 2 09 page 25 unclassified executive summary 3 cattle 5 factors 6 feed prices 7 credit subsidies problems 8