Production(1)

	Index of Industrial Production
	Industrial Production			Producer Shipments		Producer Inventory		Index of Producers Inventory Ratio to Shipments (s.a.)
	index	Change from the last period	Change from a year ago	Change from the last period	Change from a year ago	Change from the last period	Change from a year ago
FY94	98.2	―	3.2	―	2.9	―	-3.5	97.0
FY95	100.3	―	2.1	―	1.9	―	4.5	101.2
FY96	103.7	―	3.4	―	4.3	―	0.5	98.9
FY97	104.9	―	1.2	―	1.1	―	4.2	104.3
June	107.8	-2.3	6.8	-1.2	7.5	1.7	2.3	100.3
July	111.3	1.1	4.1	0.7	4.8	0.7	3.3	99.7
August	96.5	-1.3	3.3	-1.0	4.4	0.8	3.8	104.1
September	111.1	1.5	4.1	1.6	4.7	-0.4	4.0	100.3
October	108.4	-0.7	1.6	-0.6	2.2	0.1	3.6	101.6
November	103.6	-4.5	-2.7	-5.3	-3.3	1.0	5.2	108.2
December	104.3	2.2	-0.9	2.5	-1.0	0.5	6.0	107.0
January/'98	95.8	2.0	-2.6	2.8	-3.6	-0.0	6.2	107.4
February	100.0	-3.5	-3.9	-4.7	-4.9	1.1	8.0	114.4
March	112.6	-2.3	-5.1	-1.4	-5.9	-0.4	10.1	112.9
April	97.9	-1.6	-6.7	-2.9	-5.9	0.1	6.9	116.0
May	91.5	-2.0	-11.2	-0.1	-9.6	-1.7	3.6	114.4
June	*99.3	*1.3	*-7.9	*0.7	*-7.8	*-0.5	*1.3	*110.8

*:provisional figure change from the previous period: seasonally adjusted 1990=100 source:Ministry of International Trade and Industry