{"id":195958,"date":"2026-07-16T15:20:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195958\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T15:20:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:20:52","slug":"belarus-statisticians-report-retail-sales-increase-of-7-5-percent-in-h1","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195958\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 statisticians report retail sales increase of 7.5 percent in H1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 retail trade expansion accelerated to 7.5 percent in the first six months from 1.2 percent in January, the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat) said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Retail trade growth was decelerating from last April to January. In 2025, it rose by 7.1 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The restaurant industry\u2019s sales rose by 1.1 percent year on year in January-June to 3.8 billion rubels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Retail trade by businesses, accounting for 96.3 percent of the total retail trade, rose by 8 percent to 52.2 billion rubels, while wholesale trade dropped 0.4 percent to 89.5 billion rubels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/promprodukcija_gomselmash_744-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/promprodukcija_gomselmash_744-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/promprodukcija_gomselmash_744.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 industrial decline slows down &#8211; Bie\u0142stat<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 16, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 industrial production dropped by 0.7 percent in the first six months of 2026, the National Statistics Committee (Bie\u0142stat) said. Industrial production contracted by 3.4 percent in January, 3.7 percent in January-February, with contraction slowing to 3.4 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/195944\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 16, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 retail trade expansion accelerated to 7.5 percent in the first six months from 1.2 percent in January, the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat) said. Retail trade growth was decelerating from last April to January. In 2025, it rose by 7.1 percent. 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