# Belgium Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco, volume of sales (index, 2021=100, seasonally & calendar adjusted)

Belgium Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco, volume of sales (index, 2021=100, seasonally & calendar adjusted) was down 0.1% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.7% in August 2026.
The level stood at 87.80 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.3% (Dec 2022) to 11.9% (Mar 2020), averaging −1.0%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BE.RETSALES.M.SA.GRP-FOOD`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (309 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/belgium/retail-sale-of-food-beverages-and-tobacco-volume-of-sales-index-2021

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 87.80 | −0.1 |
| August 2026 | 89.80 | 0.7 |
| July 2026 | 88.20 | 1.4 |
| June 2026 | 88.40 | −1.1 |
| May 2026 | 89.50 | 1.5 |
| April 2026 | 87.80 | −1.6 |
| March 2026 | 88.80 | 2.7 |
| February 2026 | 86.90 | −0.6 |
| January 2026 | 88.60 | 1.3 |
| December 2025 | 87.10 | −1.2 |
| November 2025 | 88.00 | −1.2 |
| October 2025 | 87.40 | −3.1 |
| September 2025 | 87.90 | −3.3 |
| August 2025 | 89.20 | −1.0 |
| July 2025 | 87.00 | −2.0 |
| June 2025 | 89.40 | 1.0 |
| May 2025 | 88.20 | −0.8 |
| April 2025 | 89.20 | −1.4 |
| March 2025 | 86.50 | −1.6 |
| February 2025 | 87.40 | 0.8 |
| January 2025 | 87.50 | −2.2 |
| December 2024 | 88.20 | −0.5 |
| November 2024 | 89.10 | −1.3 |
| October 2024 | 90.20 | −0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BE.RETSALES.M.SA.GRP-FOOD"

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