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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary Report for December 2020 (released at 8:50, January 29, 2021)

  • Industrial Production is picking up.
  • Production, Shipments decreased, Inventories, Inventory Ratio increased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to increase in January, decrease in February.
2015 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 93.2 -1.6 97.5 -3.2
Shipments 92.3 -1.6 97.2 -3.4
Inventories 95.3 1.1 93.2 -8.4
Inventory Ratio 113.6 2.0 106.1 -3.1

Industrial Production

Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased
1.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 2.Motor vehicles, 3.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased
1.Inorganic and organic chemicals, 2.Other manufacturing, 3.Electronic parts and devices, in that order.

Shipments

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

Inventories

Industries that mainly contributed to the increased
1.Motor vehicles, 2.Petroleum and coal products, 3.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased
1.Inorganic and organic chemicals, 2.Fabricated metals, 3.Electronic parts and devices, in that order.

Indices of Industrial Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index
Percent change from the previous month(%)
January 2021 February 2021
Survey in January 2021 8.9 -0.3
Survey in December 2020 7.1
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased in January
1.Electronic parts and devices, 2.Production machinery, 3.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased in February
1.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 2.Transport equipment, 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.

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, 2020 - February, 2021). Please click the above-mentioned.
(Published at December 27, 2019)
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Last updated:2021-1-29

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