Japan June Preliminary Industrial Output: Summary (Table)

By Shizuka Muragishi

July 30 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of preliminary industrial output from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

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                  June    May    April   March   Feb.    Jan.    Dec.    Nov.
                  2008    2008   2008    2008    2008    2008    2007    2007
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                ------------------Month-on-Month Percent Change---------------
[bn:WBTKR=JIPPM&M:IND] Production []         -2.0%   2.8%   -0.2%   -3.4%    1.6%   -0.5%    0.6%   -1.5%
[bn:WBTKR=JIPSM&M:IND] Shipments []          -3.0%   2.0%    0.9%   -3.9%    1.2%   -0.5%    1.4%   -0.9%
[bn:WBTKR=JIPIM&M:IND] Inventories []         1.2%   0.5%   -1.2%    0.1%    0.1%   -0.2%   -0.3%    0.9%
[bn:WBTKR=JIPRM&M:IND] Inventory ratio []     3.8%   0.0%   -3.9%    7.1%   -1.4%   -1.6%    0.2%    2.0%
                -------------------Three Month Moving Average----------------
Production         -0.8%  -1.7%   -0.9%   -0.7%    0.5%   -0.5%    0.9%    0.8%
Shipments          -1.0%  -2.0%   -1.0%   -0.5%    1.3%    0.3%    1.4%    1.0%
Inventories        -0.4%  -0.6%   -0.5%    0.0%    0.4%    1.2%    1.5%    1.4%
Inventory ratio     1.4%   2.8%    0.9%    0.6%   -1.4%    0.0%   -0.4%    1.1%
                -------------------Year-on-Year Percent Change----------------
Production          0.2%   1.1%    1.9%   -0.7%    5.1%    2.9%    1.5%    3.2%
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                  June    May    April   March   Feb.    Jan.    Dec.    Nov.
                  2008    2008   2008    2008    2008    2008    2007    2007
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Shipments          -0.6%   1.7%    2.8%    0.1%    5.8%    3.9%    3.3%    3.5%
Inventories         2.8%   1.5%    1.0%    2.1%    2.3%    1.9%    1.3%    2.7%
Inventory ratio     4.0%   2.3%    0.4%    4.4%   -1.1%    0.6%    1.3%    1.0%
                -----------------Seasonally Adjusted Index Level--------------
Production         107.1  109.3   106.3   106.5   110.2   108.5   109.1   108.4
Shipments          106.9  110.2   108.0   107.0   111.3   110.0   110.6   109.1
Inventories        106.0  104.7   104.2   105.5   105.4   105.3   105.5   105.8
Inventory ratio    105.0  101.2   101.2   105.3    98.3    99.7   101.3   101.1
                ----------------------Unadjusted Index Level-------------------
Production         109.1  102.4   104.3   116.5   108.9   101.4   109.7   113.1
Shipments          108.7  101.7   104.1   121.9   109.4   102.0   113.0   112.5
Inventories        106.3  104.9   101.7   100.7   108.5   107.6   104.0   108.4
Inventory ratio    103.0  106.1    99.2    89.9   103.3   111.3    98.4   100.6
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NOTE: Month-on-month changes are based on seasonally adjusted data. Year-on-year changes are based on unadjusted data. Index: 2005=100

SOURCE: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

http://www.meti.go.jp

To contact the reporter on this story: Shizuka Muragishi in Tokyo at smuragishi@bloomberg.net