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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary report for December 2019 (released at 8:50, January 31, 2020)

  • Industrial Production has weakened.
  • Production, Inventories, Inventory Ratio increased, Shipments remained flat.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to increase in January and February.
2015 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 98.9 1.3 101.5 -3.0
Shipments 96.4 0.0 100.7 -3.7
Inventories 105.0 1.6 102.6 2.1
Inventory Ratio 136.0 17.3 127.4 23.6

Industrial Production

Industries that mainly contributed to the increased
1.Production machinery, 2.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 3.Electronic parts and devices, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased
1.Motor vehicles, 2.Transport equipment (excl. motor vehicles), 3.Ceramics, stone and clay products, in that order.

Shipments

Industries that mainly contributed to the increased
1.Production machinery, 2.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 3.Chemicals (excl. Inorganic, organic chemicals, and medicine), in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased
1.Motor vehicles, 2.Transport equipment (excl. motor vehicles), 3.Pulp, paper and paper products, in that order.

Inventories

Industries that mainly contributed to the increased
1.Chemicals (excl. Inorganic, organic chemicals, and medicine), 2.Motor vehicles, 3.Fabricated metals, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased
1.Electronic parts and devices, 2.Petroleum and coal products, 3.Inorganic and organic chemicals, in that order.

Indices of Industrial Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index
Percent change from the previous month(%)
January 2020 February 2020
Survey in January 2020 3.5 4.1
Survey in December 2019 2.5
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased in January
1.Transport equipment, 2.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 3.Others, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased in February
1.Production machinery, 2.Transport 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
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(Published at December 27, 2019)
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Last updated:2020-1-31

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