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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary report for March, 2017 (released at 8:50, April 28, 2017)

  • Industrial Production shows picking up movement.
  • Production and Shipments decreased, Inventories and Inventory Ratio increased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to increase in April and decrease in May.
2010 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 99.6 -2.1 111.8 3.3
Shipments 98.1 -1.1 113.6 3.2
Inventories 109.8 1.6 102.0 -3.9
Inventory Ratio 111.9 0.5 94.3 -4.7

Industrial Production

Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased
1.General-purpose, production and business oriented machinery, 2.Electronic parts and devices, 3.Transport equipment, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased
1.Pulp, paper and paper products, 2.Information and communication electronics equipment, 3.Non-ferrous metals, in that order.

Shipments

Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased
1.General-purpose, production and business oriented machinery, 2.Electronic parts and devices, 3.Fabricated metals, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased
1.Transport equipment, 2.Petroleum and coal products, 3.Non-ferrous metals, in that order.

Inventories

Industries that mainly contributed to a increased
1.General-purpose, production and business oriented machinery, 2.Transport equipment, 3.Chemicals (excl. Drugs), in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased
1.Iron and steel, 2.Petroleum and coal products, 3.Other manufacturing, in that order.

Survey of Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index, 2010 average=100
March, 2017 April, 2017 May, 2017
Survey in April, 2017 8.9 -3.7
Survey in March, 2017 -2.5 9.8
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased in April
1.General-purpose, production and business oriented machinery, 2.Transport equipment, 3.Electronic parts and devices, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased in May
1.Transport equipment, 2.General-purpose, production and business oriented machinery, 3.Electronic parts and devices, in that order.

*1:The Survey of Production Forecast is conducted monthly to search the planned production amounts for the current and proceeding months. The survey is one of the useful economic indicators which reflect changing business conditions and provide a view of where the economy is heading in the near future.

data download

Report on IIP( Production, shipments and Inventories )PDF file
Historical data of each index, Indices classified by Industry, Indices classified by use of Goods.
Historical data etc.(data download)
Excel and csv files of each index (Year, Fiscal Year, Quarter, Month), previous data, weight of Indices of Industrial Production, etc..
Results in the past
Outline of the result, Report on IIP in the past.
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(published at December 28, 2016)
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Last updated:2017-4-28

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