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The number of overnight stays spent in Belgian tourist accommodations amounted to 2,666,190 in November 2023. Most of these overnight stays were in: Hotels (56%) Holiday homes and apartments (14%)...

In December 2023, the number of VAT-registered enterprises decreased by 0.4% compared to November with 4,358 less units. This figure is the result of 6,029 new enterprises (first registrations), 558...

Animal slaughters : provisional figures for January 70,931 bovine animals were slaughtered in January 2024. The number of slaughtered pigs was 843,882 animals, and the number of slaughtered chickens amounted...

In 2023, 9.4 million pigs were slaughtered. This is a remarkable 11% drop or 1,159,144 pigs compared to 2022, when more than 10 million pigs were slaughtered. This is what...

In 2022, our country had 76 establishments that run a cinema theatre as their main activity. There were 13,683,579 spectators. This is a 84% increase compared to 2021 (7,453,797 spectators)...

During the week from 12 to 18 February included (week 7), the business courts pronounced 242 bankruptcies, resulting in a total of 717 job losses. The figures for week 7...

54.7 million litres of drinking milk were produced in October 2023. The major part of it (28.9 million litres, or 53%) was semi-skimmed milk. Whole milk represented 37.3% of total...

The second meeting of the Council Working Party on Statistics under the Belgian Presidency took place on Wednesday 31 January 2024. The meeting was chaired by Mr Olivier Goddeeris and...

Belgium's inflation rate based on the European harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) was running at 1.5% in January compared to 0.5% in December and -0.8% in November. Core inflation...

In January 2024, 942 bankruptcies were registered by the business courts. This is a 2.7% increase compared to December 2023 (917). Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, also publishes a detailed...