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

Belgium Industrial production: Manufacture of paper and paper products (Index, 2021=100, SA) was down 12.6% year on year in August 2026, compared with −10.6% in July 2026.
The level stood at 76.80 (index).
That is the lowest reading since August 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.2% (Apr 2020) to 15.3% (May 2021), averaging −1.8%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BE.IP.M.SA.NACE-C17`
- 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-paper-and-paper-products-index

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| August 2026 | 76.80 | −12.6 |
| July 2026 | 79.80 | −10.6 |
| June 2026 | 78.30 | −9.9 |
| May 2026 | 86.60 | 0.5 |
| April 2026 | 84.20 | −7.1 |
| March 2026 | 85.70 | −3.2 |
| February 2026 | 92.10 | 4.1 |
| January 2026 | 83.70 | −7.7 |
| December 2025 | 82.00 | −9.8 |
| November 2025 | 82.40 | −10.7 |
| October 2025 | 84.40 | −6.3 |
| September 2025 | 81.60 | −5.9 |
| August 2025 | 87.90 | −1.6 |
| July 2025 | 89.30 | −1.1 |
| June 2025 | 86.90 | −3.0 |
| May 2025 | 86.20 | −5.0 |
| April 2025 | 90.60 | −1.1 |
| March 2025 | 88.50 | −2.7 |
| February 2025 | 88.50 | −5.0 |
| January 2025 | 90.70 | −8.6 |
| December 2024 | 90.90 | −3.1 |
| November 2024 | 92.30 | −0.1 |
| October 2024 | 90.10 | −1.7 |
| September 2024 | 86.70 | −10.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BE.IP.M.SA.NACE-C17"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BE.IP.M.SA.NACE-C17",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```