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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary report for July 2019 (released at 8:50, August 30, 2019)

  • Industrial Production fluctuates indecisively.
  • Production, Shipments increased, Inventories, Inventory Ratio decreased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to increase in August and decrease in September.
2015 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 102.7 1.3 106.9 0.7
Shipments 102.4 2.6 105.2 1.8
Inventories 104.4 -0.3 106.3 2.4
Inventory Ratio 107.4 -2.2 107.1 0.6

Industrial Production

Industries that mainly contributed to a increased
1.Motor vehicles, 2.Chemicals (excl. Inorganic, organic chemicals, and medicine), 3.Pulp, paper and paper products, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased
1.Inorganic and organic chemicals, 2.Petroleum and coal products, 3.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment.

Shipments

Industries that mainly contributed to a increased
1.Transport equipment (excl. motor vehicles), 2.Motor vehicles, 3.Fabricated metals, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased
1.Petroleum and coal products, 2.Iron, steel and Non-ferrous metals.

Inventories

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

Indices of Industrial Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index
Percent change from the previous month(%)
August 2019 September 2019
Survey in August 2019 1.3 -1.6
Survey in July 2019 0.6
Industries that mainly contributed to a increased in August
1.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 2.Chemicals, 3.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to a decreased in September
1.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 2.Electronic parts and devices, 3.Chemicals, in that order.

* 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.

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:2019-8-30

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