Orders Received for Machinery in April, 2009

June 10th, 2009
Economic and Social Research Institute,Cabinet Office

Explanation of Orders Received for Machinery

Results

1. The total value of machinery orders received by 280 manufacturers operating in Japan fell by 12.7% in April from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.

2. Private-sector machinery orders, excluding volatile ones for ships and those from electric power companies,decreased a seasonally adjusted by 5.4% in April.
   

References

• Chart-1 Total Value of Machinery Orders; Chart-2 Private Sector (exc. Volatile Orders)
• Table-1 Machinery Orders by Sectors
• Table-2 Percentage Change by Industrial Classification in Private Sector

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Department of Business Statistics, Economic and Social Research Institute 3-1-1,Kasumigaseki,Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo,100-8970 JAPAN

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