Machinery Orders in December, 2013 and Forecast for Jan.- Mar. 2014

Results

  1. The total value of machinery orders received by 280 manufacturers operating in Japan decreased by 3.1% in December from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis. In October-December period it decreased by 0.2% compared with the previous quarter.
    Private-sector machinery orders, excluding volatile ones for ships and those from electric power companies, fell a seasonally adjusted by 15.7% in December, and showed increase by 1.5% in October-December period.

  2. In the January-March period the total amount of machinery orders was forecasted to fall by 0.8% and private-sector orders, excluding volatile ones, were forecasted to decrease by 2.9% from the previous quarter respectively. This forecast was basically made by summing up the figures from 280 machinery manufacturers.

  3. In 2013 Year the total amount of machinery orders rose by 7.9%. Also private-sector orders, excluding volatile ones, increased by 5.8%.

Table: Percentage Change from Previous Quarter(month)

References

Chart-1 Total Value of Machinery Orders and 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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