{"id":179549,"date":"2026-03-16T13:59:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179549\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:59:33","slug":"belarus-industrial-output-drops-3-7-percent-in-january-february","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179549\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus&#8217; industrial output drops 3.7 percent in January-February\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 industrial production contracted by 3.7 percent in the first two months of 2026, the National Statistics Committee (Bie\u0142stat) said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A trend toward acceleration was observed until mid-summer 2024, with a slowdown reported for the subsequent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Industrial output rose by 2 percent in January\u2013February 2025, but started declining over the January\u2013July period, with a 0.3 percent decrease, which widened to 1.8 percent for 2025.<\/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\">Belarus posts 0.5 percent in industrial price growth in January-February<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 12, Pozirk. Belarus posted a 0.5-percent rise in industrial product prices in the first two months of 2026, the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat) reports. Agricultural goods prices fell 0.6 percent, as livestock prices dropped 1.2 percent, while crop prices &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/179078\">\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\u2019 industrial production contracted by 3.7 percent in the first two months of 2026, the National Statistics Committee (Bie\u0142stat) said. A trend toward acceleration was observed until mid-summer 2024, with a slowdown reported for the subsequent months. Industrial output rose by 2 percent in January\u2013February 2025, but started declining over the January\u2013July [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63996,"template":"","rubric":[17],"class_list":["post-179549","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>Belarus&#039; industrial output drops 3.7 percent in January-February\u00a0 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 16, Pozirk. 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