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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary report for September, 2017 (released at 8:50, October 31, 2017)

  • Industrial Production shows picking up movement.
  • Production and Shipments decreased, Inventories remained flat, Inventory Ratio increased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to increase in October and decrease in November.
2010 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 102.4 -1.1 106.1 2.5
Shipments 99.2 -2.6 105.0 1.4
Inventories 107.3 0.0 107.1 -2.4
Inventory Ratio 110.3 1.6 105.9 -2.8

Industrial Production

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

Shipments

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

Inventories

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

Survey of Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index, 2010 average=100
September, 2017 October, 2017 November, 2017
Survey in October, 2017 4.7 -0.9
Survey in Setember, 2017 -1.9 3.5
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased in October
1.General-purpose, production and business oriented machinery, 2.Electrical machinery, 3.Electronic parts and devices, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased in November
1.Transport equipment, 2.Information and communication electronics, 3.Electrical machinery, 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.

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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:2017-10-31

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