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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary Report for July 2020 (released at 8:50, August 31, 2020)

  • Industrial Production shows picking up movement.
  • Production, Shipments increased, Inventories, Inventory Ratio decreased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to increase in August and September.
2015 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 86.6 8.0 89.8 -16.1
Shipments 85.3 6.0 87.5 -17.1
Inventories 99.2 -1.6 101.1 -4.9
Inventory Ratio 125.9 -8.8 126.4 17.8

Industrial Production

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

Shipments

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

Inventories

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

Indices of Industrial Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index
Percent change from the previous month(%)
August 2020 September 2020
Survey in August 2020 4.0 1.9
Survey in July 2020 3.4
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased in August
1.Transport equipment, 2.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 3.Chemicals, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased in September
1.Transport equipment, 2.Electrical machinery and Information and communication electronics equipment, 3.Pulp, paper and paper products, 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:2020-8-31

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