{"id":179527,"date":"2026-03-16T12:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179527\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:37:39","slug":"retail-trade-up-1-6-percent-in-january-february-lagging-behind-last-years-10-percent-surge","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179527\/","title":{"rendered":"Retail trade up 1.6 percent in January-February, lagging behind last year\u2019s surge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1202\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/tseny_1prof_by-e1718044277597.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(1prof.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 16,<em> Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus saw a 1.6-percent increase in retail trade in the first two months of 2026 to 15.6 billion rubels (about $5.3 billion), the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat) said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By contrast, in January\u2013February 2025, retail trade rose by 10 percent. The growth continued in January\u2013March 2025 with 10.8 percent yet started decelerating since last April. In 2025, retail trade rose by 7.1 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The restaurant industry\u2019s sales dropped by 3.4 percent year on year in January-February to 1.1 billion rubels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Retail trade by businesses, accounting for 95.8 percent of total retail trade, grew by 1.9 percent to 15 billion rubels, while wholesale trade dropped 7 percent to 25.7 billion rubels.<\/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\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128.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\">Bie\u0142stat: consumer prices up 0.6 percent in February<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 10, Pozirk. Belarus saw a 0.6-percent rise in consumer prices in February, the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat) reports. Last month, food prices climbed by 0.8 percent, while non-food prices and services increased by 0.2 and 0.7 percent, respectively. Consumer &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/178735\">\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>March 16, Pozirk. Belarus saw a 1.6-percent increase in retail trade in the first two months of 2026 to 15.6 billion rubels (about $5.3 billion), the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat) said. By contrast, in January\u2013February 2025, retail trade rose by 10 percent. The growth continued in January\u2013March 2025 with 10.8 percent yet started decelerating since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":56903,"template":"","rubric":[17],"class_list":["post-179527","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Retail trade up 1.6 percent in January-February, lagging behind last year\u2019s surge | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 16, Pozirk. 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