METI - Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of the State of Japan

05/31/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/30/2021 18:03

Preliminary Report on Indices of Industrial Production (April 2021)

Preliminary Report for April 2021 (released at 8:50, May 31, 2021)

  • Industrial Production is picking up.
  • Production, Shipments increased, Inventories, Inventory Ratio decreased.
  • According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production is expected to decrease in May, increase in June.
Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
index Percent change from the previous month(%) index Percent change from the previous year (%)
Production 99.6 2.5 98.4 15.4
Shipments 97.3 2.6 95.2 15.7
Inventories 94.7 -0.1 93.6 -9.8
Inventory Ratio 108.0 -1.8 107.1 -21.5

Industrial Production

Industries that mainly contributed to the increased1.General-purpose and business oriented machinery, 2.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 3.Production machinery, in that order.Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased1.Motor vehicles, 2.Transport equipment (excl. motor vehicles), 3.Plastic products.

Shipments

Industries that mainly contributed to the increased1.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 decreased1.Transport equipment (excl. motor vehicles), 2.Petroleum and coal products, 3.Motor vehicles, in that order.

Inventories

Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased1.Chemicals (excl. Inorganic, organic chemicals, and medicine), 2.Electrical machinery, and Information and communication electronics equipment, 3.Other manufacturing, in that order.Industries that mainly contributed to the increased1.Motor vehicles, 2.Petroleum and coal products, 3.Production machinery.

Indices of Industrial Production Forecast*1

May 2021 June 2021
Survey in May 2021 -1.7 5.0
Survey in April 2021 -4.3
Industries that mainly contributed to the decreased in May 1.Transport equipment, 2.Others, 3.Pulp, paper and paper products, in that order. Industries that mainly contributed to the increased in June 1.Transport equipment, 2.Others, 3.Fabricated metals, 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 ) 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 pastOutline 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)