Industrial production in Japan declined by 1.5 percent month-over-month in April 2022, compared with the flash figure of a 1.3 percent fall and after a final 0.3 percent gain a month earlier. This was the first drop in industrial output since January, amid the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Industries that mainly contributed to the decrease were electronic parts and devices (-6.6 percent vs 2.0 percent in March), production machinery (-2.7 percent vs 3.9 percent), and motor vehicles (-0.7 percent vs -6.0 percent). On a yearly basis, industrial output fell 4.9 percent in April, after a 1.7 percent decline in March. source: Ministry of Economy Trade & Industry (METI)
Industrial Production Mom in Japan averaged 0.38 percent from 1953 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 7.20 percent in June of 2021 and a record low of -16.50 percent in March of 2011. This page provides the latest reported value for - Japan Industrial Production MoM - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Japan Industrial Production MoM - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2022.
Industrial Production Mom in Japan is expected to be 2.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Japan Industrial Production MoM is projected to trend around 3.00 percent in 2023 and 0.10 percent in 2024, according to our econometric models.