{"id":155803,"date":"2025-09-16T19:57:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/155803\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarus-sees-industrial-dip-retail-surge-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/155803\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus sees industrial dip, retail surge in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus\u2019 industrial production fell by 0.8 percent from January to August year on year, in current prices, according to the National Statistical Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Industrial output growth was accelerating until the middle of last summer but then slowed down to 5.4 percent by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agricultural production in farms of all categories decreased by 0.3 percent in comparable prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cargo transportation decreased by 3.8 percent year on year in the first eight months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From January to August, retail sales rose by 8.5 percent in comparable prices from the level registered in the same period of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusians\u2019 real disposable income increased by 10 percent year on year from January to July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Central bank\u2019s net foreign-currency assets up 8.7 percent since January<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 15, Pozirk. The Belarusian central bank\u2019s net foreign-currency assets have climbed by 8.7 percent since the start of 2025 to 35.5 billion rubels on September 1 (about $11.5 billion at the current exchange rate), according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/155492\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 16, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 industrial production fell by 0.8 percent from January to August year on year, in current prices, according to the National Statistical Committee. Industrial output growth was accelerating until the middle of last summer but then slowed down to 5.4 percent by the end of the year. 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