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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary report for March 2019 (released at 8:50, April 26, 2019)

  • Industrial Production is in a weak tone recently.
  • Production, Shipments decreased, Inventories and Inventory Ratio increased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to increase in April and May.
2015 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 101.9 -0.9 110.6 -4.6
Shipments 101.6 -0.6 112.8 -3.3
Inventories 104.0 1.6 99.1 0.4
Inventory Ratio 107.3 1.7 94.7 3.5

* Annual data revision was implemented since 2018 January in the Revised Report for February 2019.

Industrial Production

Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased
1.Motor vehicles, 2.Production machinery, 3.Fabricated metals, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased
1.Electronic parts and devices, 2.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 3.Inorganic and organic chemicals, in that order.

Shipments

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

Inventories

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

Survey of Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index
Percent change from the previous month(%)
April 2019 May 2019
Survey in April 2019 2.7 3.6
Survey in March 2019 2.9
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.
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased in May
1.Transport equipment, 2.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 3.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 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:Annual data revision was implemented since 2017 December in the Report for April 2019.

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:2019-4-26

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