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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary report for December 2018 (released at 8:50, January 31, 2019)

  • Industrial Production is picking up slowly.
  • Production decreased, Shipments, Inventories and Inventory Ratio increased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to decrease in January and increase in February.
2015 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 104.7 -0.1 104.7 -1.9
Shipments 103.6 0.3 104.9 -2.8
Inventories 102.4 1.0 100.1 1.3
Inventory Ratio 104.7 2.2 100.4 4.6

Industrial Production

Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased
1.Production machinery, 2.Chemicals (excl. Inorganic, organic chemicals, and medicine), 3.Electronic parts and devices, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased
1.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 2.Motor vehicles, 3.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, in that order.

Shipments

Industries that mainly contributed to a increased
1.Motor vehicles, 2.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 3.Transport equipment (excl. motor vehicles), in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased
1.Production machinery, 2.Electronic parts and devices, 3.Iron, steel and Non-ferrous metals, in that order.

Inventories

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

Survey of Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index, 2015 average=100
January 2019 February 2019
Survey in January 2019 -0.1 2.6
Survey in December 2018 -0.8
Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased in January
1.Transport equipment, 2.Iron, steel and Non-ferrous metals, 3.Fabricated metals, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased in February
1.Transport equipment, 2.Production machinery, 3.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 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, 2019 - February, 2020). Please click the above-mentioned.
(published at December 28, 2018)
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Last updated:2019-1-31

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