Japan Aug. Preliminary Industrial Production Summary: (Table)

By Minh Bui

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of preliminary industrial output from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo. Index: 2005=100

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                  Aug.    July    June     May    April   March   Feb.    Jan.
                  2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008
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                ------------------Month-on-Month Percent Change---------------
production        -3.5%    1.3%   -2.2%    2.8%   -0.2%   -3.4%    1.6%   -0.5%
shipments         -3.8%    1.9%   -3.0%    2.0%    0.9%   -3.9%    1.2%   -0.5%
inventories       -0.2%   -0.1%    1.1%    0.5%   -1.2%    0.1%    0.1%   -0.2%
inventory ratio    7.4%   -3.6%    3.8%    0.0%   -3.9%    7.1%   -1.4%   -1.6%
                --------------------Three Month Moving Average----------------
Production        -0.7%    0.5%   -0.8%   -1.7%   -0.9%   -0.7%    0.5%   -0.5%
Shipments         -1.4%   -0.1%   -1.0%   -2.0%   -1.0%   -0.5%    1.3%    0.3%
Inventories        0.9%    0.4%   -0.4%   -0.6%   -0.5%    0.0%    0.4%    1.2%
Inventory ratio    2.3%    0.9%    1.4%    2.8%    0.9%    0.6%   -1.4%    0.0%
                -------------------Year-on-Year Percent Change----------------
Production        -6.9%    2.4%    0.0%    1.1%    1.9%   -0.7%    5.1%    2.9%
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                  Aug.    July    June     May    April   March   Feb.    Jan.
                  2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008
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Shipments         -6.9%    3.1%   -0.6%    1.7%    2.8%    0.1%    5.8%    3.9%
Inventories        1.8%    2.2%    2.7%    1.5%    1.0%    2.1%    2.3%    1.9%
Inventory ratio    9.3%    1.3%    4.0%    2.3%    0.4%    4.4%   -1.1%    0.6%
                -----------------Seasonally Adjusted Index Level--------------
Production        104.5   108.3   106.9   109.3   106.3   106.5   110.2   108.5
Shipments         104.8   108.9   106.9   110.2   108.0   107.0   111.3   110.0
Inventories       105.6   105.8   105.9   104.7   104.2   105.5   105.4   105.3
Inventory ratio   108.7   101.2   105.0   101.2   101.2   105.3    98.3    99.7
                -----------------------Undjusted Index Level-------------------
Production         95.8   110.7   108.9   102.4   104.3   116.5   108.9   101.4
Shipments          96.2   110.5   108.7   101.7   104.1   121.9   109.4   102.0
Inventories       106.6   107.2   106.2   104.9   101.7   100.7   108.5   107.6
Inventory ratio   115.6   102.2   103.0   106.1    99.2    89.9   103.3   111.3
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NOTE: Month-on-month changes are based on seasonally adjusted data. Year-on-year changes are based on unadjusted data.

Source: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

To contact the reporter on this story: Minh Bui in Tokyo at mbui@bloomberg.net