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In December 2019, compared to the previous month, the producer price index of industry excluding construction has increased by 0.4%. A split of this figure in energy and the rest...

Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, publishes today the figures on building permits until October 2019. Annual evolution The number of permits issued for new residential buildings in the first 10...

In November 2019, the seasonally adjusted industrial turnover index reflected an increase of 3.3% compared to October 2019. The calendar adjusted index reflected an increase of 2.6% compared to November...

Consumer price index for January 2020 Inflation increases from 0.76 % to 1.41 % in January. The consumer price index increases by 0.65 point or 0.60 % this month. Inflation...

In 2017, there were 2,997 “high-growth” enterprises in the market sector. A high-growth enterprise is an enterprise with more than 10 employees and an annual growth of this staff of...

The number of overnight stays spent in tourist accommodations in October 2019 amounted to 3.54 million. 51% of them took place in a hotel. 2,134,381 overnight stays were registered in...

In November 2019, the seasonally adjusted production index reflected an increase of 1.2% compared to October 2019. The calendar adjusted production index reflected an increase of 2.2% compared to November...

In December 2019, 1,025 businesses in Belgium went bankrupt. These bankruptcies resulted in a loss of 1,877 jobs: 936 full-time employees, 486 part-time employees and 455 salaried employers. The number...

In 2017, there were 218,988 enterprises with at least one employee in the market sector. These enterprises have on average 12.9 employees, i.e. a total of 2,818,200 employees. In 2017...

68,833 bovine animals were slaughtered in November 2019. The number of slaughtered pigs was 893,612 animals, and the number of slaughtered chickens amounted to 22,296,099 units. In 2018, 26.51 million...