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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary Report for April 2022 (released at 8:50, May 31, 2022)

  • Industrial Production is pausing.
  • Production, Inventories and Inventory Ratio decreased, Shipments remained flat.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to increase in May and June.
2015 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 95.2 -1.3 93.9 -4.8
Shipments 93.3 0.0 91.2 -4.3
Inventories 98.4 -2.5 97.1 3.9
Inventory Ratio 115.6 -3.2 114.9 8.0

* Annual data revision was implemented since 2021 January in the Revised Report for February 2022.

Industrial Production

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

Shipments

Industries that mainly contributed to the increased
1.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 2.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 3.Transport equipment (excl. motor vehicles), in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased
1.Electronic parts and devices, 2.Petroleum and coal products, 3.Production machinery, in that order.

Inventories

Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased
1.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 2.Production machinery, 3.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased
1.Petroleum and coal products, 2.Plastic products, 3.Transport equipment (excl. motor vehicles).

Indices of Industrial Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index
Percent change from the previous month(%)
May 2022 June 2022
Survey in May 2022 4.8 8.9
Survey in April 2022 -0.8
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased in May
1.Production machinery, 2.Transport equipment, 3.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased in June
1.Transport equipment, 2.Electronic parts and devices, 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.

* Annual data revision was implemented since 2020 December(Next Month) in the Report for April 2022.

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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(updated at December 28, 2021)
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Last updated:2022-5-31

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