METI
Font Size Change
S
M
L
Easy Web Browsing tool
  • Japanese
  • Print

Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary report for October 2018 (released at 8:50, Nobember 30, 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 November and December.
2015 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 105.9 2.9 109.4 4.2
Shipments 106.6 5.4 109.2 7.7
Inventories 101.2 -1.4 102.1 -0.8
Inventory Ratio 97.4 -7.4 95.9 -8.3

Industrial Production

Industries that mainly contributed to a increased
1.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 2.Electronic parts and devices, 3.Motor vehicles, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased
1.Production machinery, 2.Petroleum and coal products.

Shipments

Industries that mainly contributed to a increased
1.Iron, steel and Non-ferrous metals, 2.Motor vehicles, 3.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased
1.Petroleum and coal products.

Inventories

Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased
1.Iron, steel and Non-ferrous metals, 2.Petroleum and coal products, 3.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased
1.Chemicals (excl. Inorganic, organic chemicals, and medicine), 2.General-purpose and business oriented machinery.

Survey of Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index, 2015 average=100
November 2018 December 2018
Survey in November 2018 0.6 2.2
Survey in October 2018 -0.8
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased in November
1.Chemicals, 2.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 3.Electronic parts and devices, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased in December
1.Production machinery, 2.Transport equipment, 3.Iron, steel and Non-ferrous 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)
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.
Release date of Indices of Industrial Production
We have published the release date of the Indices of Industrial Production(January, 2018 - February, 2019). Please click the above-mentioned.
(published at December 28, 2017)
Mechanism of and Way to Understand Indices of Industrial Production PDF file
Mechanism of the Indices of Industrial Production, explanation of the Indices of Industrial Production, etc..
  • Adobe Reader To view PDF files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader Software installed on your computer. The Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from this banner.
Last updated:2018-11-30

Economic Analysis Office

Research and Statistics Department

E-mail qqcebc@meti.go.jp

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8901, Japan Tel: +81-(0)3-3501-1511
Copyright Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. All Rights Reserved.