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Enterprises
The number of VAT-registered enterprises decreased by 2,177 units in December 2021 compared to November 2021. That is 5,921 new enterprises, 530 re-registrations and 8,628 de-registrations. The wholesale and retail...
Agriculture & fishery
In October 2021, 57.7 million litres of drinking milk (whole, semi-skimmed, skimmed milk and buttermilk) were produced. In addition, 16.6 million litres of milk drinks and chocolate milk were produced...
DataLab
Over the last decade, more and more Belgians booked their holidays on the Internet. But the owners of accommodations also liked to use an online platform to offer an apartment...
Population
Statbel has updated its provisional mortality figures until 6 February 2022. We have been able to refine our publication on mortality per day in Belgium and we publish now data...
Consumer prices
Belgium's inflation rate based on the European harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) was running at 8.5% in January compared to 6.6% in December. Core inflation (inflation without energy and...
Enterprises
In January 2022, 647 bankruptcies were registered by the business courts. This is a 8.4% decrease compared to December 2021. Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, also publishes a detailed report...
Households
Last summer, 8 million trips were made; that is almost 30% more than in the summer of 2020, but still 11% less than in 2019. Belgians did opt more often...
Enterprises
During the week from 7 to 13 February included (week 6), the business courts pronounced 159 bankruptcies, resulting in a total of 379 job losses. The figures for week 6...
Agriculture & fishery
The second estimates of farmers’ incomes for the year 2021 made by Statbel[1], the Belgian statistical office, have been submitted to the European Commission (Eurostat). Weighed down by the increase...
Households
In a new quarterly survey, Statbel asks some 5,000 Belgians aged 16 to 74 about their personal well-being and living conditions. This survey is conducted, among others, at the request...