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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary report for April, 2018 (released at 8:50, May 31, 2018)

  • Industrial Production is picking up slowly.
  • Production and Shipments increased, Inventories and Inventory Ratio decreased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to increase in May and decresase in June.
2010 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 104.4 0.3 100.7 2.5
Shipments 103.3 1.8 98.1 3.8
Inventories 113.0 -0.4 107.7 1.9
Inventory Ratio 113.7 -2.9 110.9 0.5

Industrial Production

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

Shipments

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

Inventories

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

Survey of Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index, 2015 average=100
May, 2018 June, 2018
Survey in May, 2018 0.3 -0.8
Survey in April, 2018 -1.6
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased in May
1.Production machinery, 2.Electrical machinery and Information and communication electronics equipment, 3.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased in June
1.Chemicals, 2.Electrical machinery and Information and communication electronics equipment, 3.Fabricated metals, in that order.

*1:Indices of Industrial 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.
*2:Indices of Industrial Production Forecast is base change 2015 from 2010.

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)
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Results in the past
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(published at December 28, 2017)
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Last updated:2018-5-31

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