Machinery Orders in December, 2022 and Forecast for Jan.-Mar. 2023

Results

  1. The total value of machinery orders received by 280 manufacturers operating in Japan increased by 6.5% in December from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis. In October-December period it decreased by 1.0% compared with the previous quarter.
    Private-sector machinery orders, excluding volatile ones for ships and those from electric power companies, increased a seasonally adjusted by 1.6% in December, and showed decreased by 5.0% in October-December period.

  2. In the January-March period the total amount of machinery orders was forecasted to increase by 3.2% and private-sector orders, excluding volatile ones, were forecasted to rise by 4.3% from the previous quarter respectively. This forecast was basically made by summing up the figures from 280 machinery manufacturers.


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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