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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary report for February 2019 (released at 8:50, March 29, 2019)

  • Industrial Production is pausing.
  • Production, Shipments and Inventories increased, Inventory Ratio decreased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to increase in March and April.
2015 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 102.5 1.4 100.1 -1.0
Shipments 101.6 1.8 99.7 -0.3
Inventories 102.2 0.5 103.7 1.4
Inventory Ratio 106.2 -0.2 110.1 2.0

Industrial Production

Industries that mainly contributed to a increased
1.Motor vehicles, 2.Production machinery, 3.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased
1.Transport equipment (excl. motor vehicles), 2.Inorganic and organic chemicals, 3.Electronic parts and devices, in that order.

Shipments

Industries that mainly contributed to a increased
1.Motor vehicles, 2.Transport equipment (excl. motor vehicles), 3.Production machinery, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased
1.Electronic parts and devices, 2.Inorganic and organic chemicals, 3.Petroleum and coal products, in that order.

Inventories

Industries that mainly contributed to a increased
1.Electronic parts and devices, 2.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 3.Production machinery, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased
1.Petroleum and coal products, 2.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 3.Inorganic and organic chemicals, in that order.

Survey of Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index
Percent change from the previous month(%)
March 2019 April 2019
Survey in March 2019 1.3 1.1
Survey in February 2019 -1.6
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased in March
1.Chemicals, 2.Iron, steel and Non-ferrous metals, 3.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased in April
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:2019-3-29

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