{"id":161756,"date":"2025-10-27T14:55:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T11:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/161756\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"unprofitable-firms-up-3-3-points-sales-margins-edge-higher","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/161756\/","title":{"rendered":"Unprofitable firms up 3.3 points, sales margins edge higher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 27, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The share of unprofitable economic entities, excluding small businesses, increased by 3.3 points to 16.8 percent in January-August from 13.5 percent in the first eight months of 2024, according to the National Statistics Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the same period, companies&#8217; return on sales increased by 0.2 percentage points year on year to 6.9 percent. The profitability of profitability of goods sold (profit percentage)\u00a0rose by 0.3 point to 8.4 percent.<\/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_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <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\">More companies post losses in Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 25, Pozirk. The share of unprofitable companies, except for small businesses, rose in Belarus to 17 percent in January\u2013July from 13.9 percent in the first seven months of 2024, according to National Statistical Committee.<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/157175\">\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>October 27, Pozirk. The share of unprofitable economic entities, excluding small businesses, increased by 3.3 points to 16.8 percent in January-August from 13.5 percent in the first eight months of 2024, according to the National Statistics Committee. 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