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Indices of Industrial Production

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

  • Industrial Production is in a weak tone recently.
  • Production, Shipments decreased, Inventories remained flat, Inventory Ratio increased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to increase in September and decrease in October.
2015 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 101.5 -1.2 93.6 -4.7
Shipments 101.1 -1.4 93.3 -4.6
Inventories 104.5 0.0 106.5 2.7
Inventory Ratio 110.5 2.8 118.0 8.7

Industrial Production

Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased
1.Iron, steel and Non-ferrous metals, 2.Production machinery, 3.Motor vehicles, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased
1.Electronic parts and devices, 2.Chemicals (excl. Inorganic, organic chemicals, and medicine), 3.Inorganic and organic chemicals.

Shipments

Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased
1.Transport equipment (excl. motor vehicles), 2.Iron, steel and Non-ferrous metals, 3.Petroleum and coal products, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased
1.Electronic parts and devices, 2.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 3.General-purpose and business oriented machinery.

Inventories

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

Indices of Industrial Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index
Percent change from the previous month(%)
September 2019 October 2019
Survey in September 2019 1.9 -0.5
Survey in August 2019 -1.6
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased in September
1.Production machinery, 2.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 3.Others, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased in October
1.Transport equipment, 2.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 3.Electronic parts and devices, 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:2019-9-30

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