Production of Plastics Products 2008 Japan Unit:Ton
Classification Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Quantity
Plastic film and sheets 192,672 209,425 219,307 209,815 198,261 215,487 218,636 190,470 216,826 213,426 202,957 169,281 2,456,563
  Soft plastic goods 134,296 147,245 153,881 143,716 137,994 148,843 153,098 132,629 152,309 150,059 142,160 118,943 1,715,173
For agriculture 7,027 7,254 8,348 7,124 6,685 8,554 9,427 6,556 8,693 9,702 8,918 6,769 95,057
For packages 91,361 102,454 106,621 100,177 95,779 103,951 104,824 90,774 106,492 104,161 98,634 86,219 1,191,447
For laminate 12,135 13,328 13,695 13,978 12,863 14,458 13,907 12,046 14,051 13,657 13,144 11,431 158,693
For others 23,773 24,209 25,217 22,437 22,667 21,880 24,940 23,253 23,073 22,539 21,464 14,524 269,976
Hard plastic goods 40,981 45,004 46,924 47,663 44,019 48,074 46,777 42,384 46,111 46,079 44,132 36,921 535,069
Plastic sheets 17,395 17,176 18,502 18,436 16,248 18,570 18,761 15,457 18,406 17,288 16,665 13,417 206,321
Plastic plates 10,242 11,309 11,943 12,271 12,275 14,360 13,847 12,249 14,190 12,535 10,069 8,475 143,765
Plastic flat plates 8,638 9,802 9,894 9,894 9,850 11,099 10,703 9,701 11,342 10,310 7,939 6,791 115,963
Plastic wave plates 1,604 1,507 2,049 2,377 2,425 3,261 3,144 2,548 2,848 2,225 2,130 1,684 27,802
Plastic synthetic leathers 5,472 6,052 6,306 5,799 5,603 5,766 5,557 5,062 5,252 5,097 4,446 3,852 64,264
Plastic pipes 40,479 43,855 39,679 33,545 35,125 42,304 39,906 29,907 43,845 44,321 43,134 40,171 476,271
Plastic pipe fittings 5,172 5,795 5,941 5,531 4,901 5,526 5,419 4,563 5,825 5,340 5,045 4,853 63,911
Plastic products for machine tools and parts 63,505 68,514 68,541 64,663 61,660 65,672 68,026 56,506 65,099 65,098 57,397 48,515 753,196
Plastic transport 40,232 43,640 43,957 40,331 38,758 41,646 43,234 34,622 41,126 40,898 35,140 29,926 473,510
Electric communication
equipment parts
16,805 17,813 17,651 17,587 16,538 17,273 17,765 15,946 17,353 17,482 16,049 14,230 202,492
Others 6,468 7,061 6,933 6,745 6,364 6,753 7,027 5,938 6,620 6,718 6,208 4,359 77,194
Daily necessaries and miscellaneous goods 21,901 22,673 24,857 26,943 23,572 23,240 23,739 21,450 23,148 24,222 22,333 22,564 280,642
Plastic containers 57,233 63,055 71,139 74,850 77,077 79,175 80,291 75,876 71,354 65,704 62,392 58,122 836,268
Plastic containers blow-molding 41,103 46,648 52,037 55,083 58,069 59,913 60,367 58,178 52,561 47,710 44,935 41,452 618,056
Others 16,130 16,407 19,102 19,767 19,008 19,262 19,924 17,698 18,793 17,994 17,457 16,670 218,212
Plastic material for building 21,872 24,346 25,182 24,613 22,846 23,993 24,118 20,738 24,239 24,742 24,730 23,805 285,224
Rainwater pipe and attachment 1,307 2,037 1,978 2,271 2,049 2,580 2,627 1,805 2,613 2,097 1,937 1,875 25,176
Floor materials 11,710 13,336 13,671 12,936 11,878 12,389 12,346 11,205 12,725 13,304 13,963 12,804 152,267
Others 8,855 8,973 9,533 9,406 8,919 9,024 9,145 7,728 8,901 9,341 8,830 9,126 107,781
Plastic formed products 26,512 27,356 28,271 28,854 27,807 28,307 29,133 27,013 29,101 30,572 28,833 27,315 339,074
Plastic formed plates 7,172 7,420 7,576 7,502 7,983 8,043 8,660 7,947 8,438 8,921 8,107 7,434 95,203
Plastic formed mould 5,448 5,642 5,729 6,167 5,921 6,072 6,322 5,607 5,956 6,129 5,640 5,567 70,200
Others 13,892 14,294 14,966 15,185 13,903 14,192 14,151 13,459 14,707 15,522 15,086 14,314 173,671
Plastic reinforced products 6,839 7,443 7,116 7,702 7,293 7,590 8,066 7,099 7,663 8,089 7,209 6,944 89,053
Other plastic products 24,347 25,904 25,986 26,530 25,026 25,734 26,490 24,138 26,220 27,025 24,006 23,016 304,422
Deformed extruding products 2,719 2,850 2,805 2,667 2,530 2,641 2,697 2,358 2,892 2,813 2,599 2,499 32,070
Hoses 3,209 3,962 3,961 4,015 3,512 4,186 4,104 4,060 4,108 4,347 3,694 3,362 46,520
Disk records
1,029 1,102 1,199 1,114 998 837 891 754 852 866 783 753 11,178
Others 17,390 17,990 18,021 18,734 17,986 18,070 18,798 16,966 18,368 18,999 16,930 16,402 214,654
Grand total 476,246 515,727 534,268 521,116 501,446 537,154 543,228 475,071 532,762 526,171 492,551 436,913 6,092,653
  • notes:"material for building ","for machine tools and parts ","for daily necessaries and miscellaneous goods",in "Deformed extruding products"are contained in each list of commodities classification.


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