Indices of Industrial Production

Indices of Industrial Production Forecast
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Preliminary report for February 2020 (released at 8:50, March 31, 2020)

Industrial Production fluctuates indecisively, but it has weakened.
Production, Shipments increased, Inventories, Inventory Ratio decreased.
According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to decrease in March and increase in April.

2015 average=100
	Seasonally Adjusted Index		Original Index
	index	Percent change from the previous month(%)	index	Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production	100.2	0.4	95.2	-4.7
Shipments	99.8	2.6	94.9	-4.7
Inventories	103.8	-2.0	105.0	1.4
Inventory Ratio	112.0	-2.5	119.4	8.6

Industrial Production

Industries that mainly contributed to the increased: 1.Electronic parts and devices, 2.Inorganic and organic chemicals, 3.Iron, steel and Non-ferrous metals, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased: 1.Motor vehicles, 2.Transport equipment (excl. motor vehicles), 3.Production machinery, in that order.

Shipments

Industries that mainly contributed to the increased: 1.Electronic parts and devices, 2.Iron, steel and Non-ferrous metals, 3.Petroleum and coal products, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased: 1.Production machinery.

Inventories

Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased: 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 increased: 1.Inorganic and organic chemicals, 2.Iron, steel and Non-ferrous metals, 3.Electronic parts and devices, in that order.

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Indices of Industrial Production Forecast^*1

Seasonally Adjusted Index
Percent change from the previous month(%)
	March 2020	April 2020
Survey in March 2020	-5.3	7.5
Survey in February 2020	-6.9

Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased in March: 1.Production machinery, 2.Transport equipment, 3.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, in that order.
Industries that mainly contributed to the increased in April: 1.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 2.Production machinery, 3.Transport 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.

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Report on IIP( Production, shipments and Inventories ): 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)