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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary report for November, 2017 (released at 8:50, December 28, 2017)

  • Industrial Production is picking up.
  • Production and Shipments increased, Inventories and Inventory Ratio decreased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to increase in December and decrease in January.
2010 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 103.6 0.6 105.5 3.7
Shipments 101.3 2.4 103.1 2.4
Inventories 109.6 -1.0 112.2 2.8
Inventory Ratio 110.9 -2.9 111.7 2.7

Industrial Production

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

Shipments

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

Inventories

Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased
1.Iron and steel, 2.Chemicals (excl. Drugs), 3.Non-ferrous metals, 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.

Survey of Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index, 2010 average=100
November, 2017 December, 2017 January, 2018
Survey in December, 2017 3.4 -4.5
Survey in November, 2017 2.8 3.5
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased in December
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 January
1.Transport equipment, 2.Fabricated metals, 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, 2017)
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Last updated:2017-12-28

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