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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary report for October, 2017 (released at 8:50, November 30, 2017)

  • Industrial Production shows picking up movement.
  • Production ,Inventories and Inventory Ratio increased, Shipments decreased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to increase in November and December.
2010 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 103.0 0.5 104.7 5.9
Shipments 98.8 -0.5 99.6 2.6
Inventories 110.6 3.1 112.1 1.9
Inventory Ratio 114.2 3.5 114.9 1.8

Industrial Production

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

Shipments

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

Inventories

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

Survey of Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index, 2010 average=100
October, 2017 November, 2017 December, 2017
Survey in November, 2017 2.8 3.5
Survey in October, 2017 4.7 -0.9
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased in November
1.General-purpose, production and business oriented machinery, 2.Electronic parts and devices, 3.Electrical machinery, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased in December
1.General-purpose, production and business oriented machinery, 2.Electronic parts and devices, 3.Transport equipment, 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:2017-11-30

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