# Belgium Industrial production: Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (Index, 2021=100, SA)

Belgium Industrial production: Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (Index, 2021=100, SA) was down 2.3% year on year in August 2026, compared with −6.5% in July 2026.
The level stood at 89.00 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.1% (Jun 2023) to 13.5% (Jul 2021), averaging −0.6%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BE.IP.M.SA.NACE-C20`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2026-08-01 (320 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/belgium/industrial-production-manufacture-of-chemicals-and-chemical-products

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| August 2026 | 89.00 | −2.3 |
| July 2026 | 86.50 | −6.5 |
| June 2026 | 84.80 | −9.4 |
| May 2026 | 91.20 | 2.4 |
| April 2026 | 92.20 | 0.5 |
| March 2026 | 94.00 | 2.0 |
| February 2026 | 90.90 | −3.8 |
| January 2026 | 85.10 | −11.8 |
| December 2025 | 86.80 | −6.5 |
| November 2025 | 86.10 | −8.1 |
| October 2025 | 87.00 | −7.3 |
| September 2025 | 87.40 | −7.0 |
| August 2025 | 91.10 | −0.9 |
| July 2025 | 92.50 | −1.9 |
| June 2025 | 93.60 | 1.4 |
| May 2025 | 89.10 | −4.0 |
| April 2025 | 91.70 | −2.4 |
| March 2025 | 92.20 | −1.8 |
| February 2025 | 94.50 | 5.8 |
| January 2025 | 96.50 | 9.4 |
| December 2024 | 92.80 | 8.5 |
| November 2024 | 93.70 | 7.0 |
| October 2024 | 93.90 | 8.3 |
| September 2024 | 94.00 | 11.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BE.IP.M.SA.NACE-C20"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BE.IP.M.SA.NACE-C20",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```