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Indices of Industrial Production

Preliminary Report for August 2023 (released at 8:50, September 29, 2023)

  • Industrial Production fluctuates indecisively.
  • Production flat, Shipments increased, Inventories and Inventory Ratio decreased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to increase in September and October.
2020 average=100
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 103.8 0.0 97.0 -3.8
Shipments 103.2 0.1 97.2 -2.4
Inventories 104.6 -1.7 105.1 2.8
Inventory Ratio 104.6 -1.7 109.2 8.4

Industrial Production

Industries that mainly contributed to the increased
1.Petroleum and coal products, 2.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 3.Fabricated metals, in that order.
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.

Shipments

Industries that mainly contributed to the increased
1.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 2.Electronic parts and devices, 3.Motor vehicles, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased
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 decreased
1.Motor vehicles, 2.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 3.Electronic parts and devices, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased
1.Petroleum and coal products, 2.Chemicals (excl. Inorganic, organic chemicals, and medicine), 3.Pulp, paper and paper products, in that order.

Indices of Industrial Production Forecast*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index
Percent change from the previous month(%)
September 2023 October 2023
Survey in September 2023 5.8 3.8
Survey in August 2023 2.4
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased in September
1.Transport equipment, 2.Production machinery, 3.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased in October
1.Transport equipment, 2.Electronic parts and devices, 3.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 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 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, 2022)
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Last updated:2023-9-29

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