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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary report for May, 2018 (released at 8:50, June 29, 2018)

  • Industrial Production is picking up slowly.
  • Production and Shipments decreased, Inventories and Inventory Ratio increased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to increase in June and July.
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 -0.2 98.8 4.2
Shipments 101.4 -1.6 94.2 3.2
Inventories 113.5 0.6 113.3 2.5
Inventory Ratio 114.0 0.2 122.2 2.1

Industrial Production

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

Shipments

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

Inventories

Industries that mainly contributed to a increased
1.Iron and steel, 2.Transport equipment, 3.Electronic parts and devices, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased
1.Petroleum and coal products, 2.Non-ferrous metals, 3.Electrical machinery, in that order.

Survey of Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index, 2015 average=100
June, 2018 July, 2018
Survey in June, 2018 0.4 0.8
Survey in May, 2018 -0.8
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased in June
1.Transport equipment, 2.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 3.Electrical machinery and Information and communication electronics equipment, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased in July
1.Chemicals, 2.Production machinery, 3.Electronic parts and devices, 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)
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
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(published at December 28, 2017)
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Last updated:2018-6-29

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