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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary Report for March 2021 (released at 8:50, April 30, 2021)

  • Industrial Production is picking up.
  • Production, Shipments, Inventories increased, Inventory Ratio decreased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to increase in April, decrease in May.
2015 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 97.7 2.2 109.3 4.0
Shipments 95.2 0.8 109.0 3.9
Inventories 94.5 0.1 91.4 -10.1
Inventory Ratio 108.9 -0.8 94.3 -12.3

* Annual data revision was implemented since 2020 January in the Revised Report for February 2021.

Industrial Production

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

Shipments

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

Inventories

Industries that mainly contributed to the increased
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 decreased
1.Inorganic and organic chemicals, 2.Petroleum and coal products, 3.Electronic parts and devices, in that order.

Indices of Industrial Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index
Percent change from the previous month(%)
April 2021 May 2021
Survey in April 2021 8.4 -4.3
Survey in March 2021 9.0
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased in April
1.Production machinery, 2.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 3.Electronic parts and devices, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased in May
1.Transport equipment, 2.Production machinery, 3.Others, in that order.

*1: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 2019 December(Next Month) in the Report for April 2021.

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:2021-4-30

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