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The number of overnight stays spent in tourist accommodations in May 2019 amounted to 3.50 million. 52% of them took place in a hotel. 2,158,677 overnight stays were registered in...
Economic indicators
In June 2019, the seasonally adjusted production index reflected an increase of 5.4% compared to May 2019. The calendar adjusted production index reflected an increase of 11.6% compared to June...
Agriculture & fishery
64,400 bovine animals were slaughtered in June 2019. The number of slaughtered pigs was 809,000 animals, and the number of slaughtered chickens amounted to 24,099,013 units. In 2018, 26.51 million...
Enterprises
In July 2019, 755 businesses in Belgium went bankrupt. The bankruptcies resulted in a loss of 1,097 jobs: 467 full-time employees, 301 part-time employees and 329 salaried employers lost their...
Economic indicators
The volume of sales in retail trade, excluding fuels, has decreased by 0.9 % in June 2019 compared to the same month last year. In the same period, the sharpest...
Consumer prices
Belgium's inflation rate based on the European harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) was running at 1.2 % in July compared to 1.3 % in June. Core inflation (inflation without...
Economic indicators
In June 2019, the seasonally adjusted production index in the construction sector reflected an increase of 0.1% compared to May 2019. The calendar adjusted production index reflected a decrease of...
Agriculture & fishery
After reaching a price of €15.48 for 10 heads in May 2019, the price of cauliflowers fell by just over 50 % in June 2019 to €7.72, i.e. a decrease...
Enterprises
Value of industrial production in euros according to the main activity of the unit 2019 (January-May). Deliveries in value and in quantity according to the NACE, the CPA and the...
Enterprises
At the end of May 2019, 993,175 VAT-registered enterprises were active in our country. 11.1 % of these enterprises are based in the Brussels-Capital Region, 60.9 % in Flanders, 26.0...