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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary report for April 2020 (released at 8:50, May 29, 2020)

  • Industrial Production is declining rapidly.
  • Production, Shipments, Inventories decreased, Inventory Ratio increased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to decrease in May and increase in June.
2015 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 87.1 -9.1 86.5 -14.4
Shipments 85.0 -8.8 83.3 -15.9
Inventories 106.1 -0.3 103.9 2.7
Inventory Ratio 137.4 12.7 134.8 28.1

* Annual data revision was implemented since 2019 January in the Revised Report for February 2020.

Industrial Production

Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased
1.Motor vehicles, 2.Iron, steel and Non-ferrous metals, 3.Transport equipment (excl. motor vehicles), in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased
1.Production machinery.

Shipments

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

Inventories

Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased
1.Iron, steel and Non-ferrous metals, 2.Production machinery, 3.Fabricated metals, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased
1.Motor vehicles, 2.Electronic parts and devices, 3.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, in that order.

Indices of Industrial Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index
Percent change from the previous month(%)
May 2020 June 2020
Survey in May 2020 -4.1 3.9
Survey in April 2020 -1.4
Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased in May
1.Transport equipment, 2.Iron, steel and Non-ferrous metals, 3.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased in June
1.Transport equipment, 2.Production machinery, 3.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 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.

*2:Annual data revision was implemented since 2018 December in the Report for April 2020.

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:2020-5-29

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