Cabinet Office

FY2013 Annual Survey of Corporate Behavior

Confidential

Questionnaire

Approved by the Ministryof Internal Affairs andCommunications
General statistical survey

Government statistics

This questionnaire will be handled in the strictest confidence.
Your replies will be used only for statistical purposes.

Submission deadline:
January 15, 2014

How to complete this questionnaire:
1 Please fill in the thick-framed boxes or the “other ( )” option and circle the applicable number in the thick-framed number column (1, 2, 3 …).
2 Please amend in handwriting if company name, address, capital amount, etc., has changed.
3 Please answer Q2 (2) (break-even yen-dollar rate) only if your company is an exporter.
4 Please answer on a consolidated basis except for Q5 (Change in the number of employees). For Q5, please answer not on a consolidated basis
but for your company only.
5 Please answer Q6 (Overseas production ratio and reverse imports ratio) only if your company is a manufacturer.
SectorCompany No.

Completed by

Capital SizeCompany
NameAddress〒

businessestablishment
where thisquestionnaire
was completed１Business outlook and demand forecast

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ASJapan’sreal
我が国のeconomic growth
実質経済成長率rate
Nominal growth
貴業界の需要のrate of industry
名目成長率
demand貴業界の需要のReal
growth rate ofindustry
demand
実質成長率

今後５年間
Next
5 years(average of（平成25〜29FY2014–2018)
年度平均）

今後３年間
Next 3 years(average of27（平成25〜FY2014–2016)
年度平均）

FY2014
平成25年度.

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(Reference) The past 3 years’ % changes in gross domestic
product (GDP), which represents Japan’s economic growth rate,
are as follows:
FY2010FY2011FY2012
Nominal economic growth rate

1.3 %

-1.4 %

0.3 %Real economic growth rate

3.4 %

0.3 %

1.2 %

Source: “Quarterly Estimates of GDP Jul.–Sep. 2013 (The 1st Preliminary),
chained” by the Cabinet Office(Published on November 14, 2013)

Exchange rates
Q2 (1) What is your forecast for the exchange rate of the yen
against the dollar 1 year from now (around January 2015)? Pleasechoose and circle the one number that applies.
yen range 80 80円台
yen range
6060円台yen range 7070円台
yen range 110
yen range 100
yen range 9090円台
100円台
110円台

２３yen range
120
yen range 130120円台
130円台

７1８４
Other
その他

９（‐yen level円台）

EL

Telephone
Number（）Extension(2) Up to how many yen to the dollar is a profitable exchange rate at
this point in time? Please enter a whole number in the box below.
Please reply with regard to your main product if conditions varysignificantly between products and plants and it is difficult to make a
uniform calculation.

Please refer to the industry code (middle classification) specified by
the stock exchange with regard to your industry. If your company’sbusiness spans multiple divisions, please reply in terms of theindustry of your largest division.

Japan’snominal
我が国のeconomic growth
名目経済成長率rate

Name(2) is to be answered by exporting companies only.

Q1 Please enter a figure up to one decimal place in each of theboxes below as your rough forecast of Japan’s nominal and real
economic growth rates and the nominal and real growth rates ofdemand in your industry for FY2014, the next 3 years (average ofFY2014–2016) and the next 5 years (average of FY2014–2018).

１PositionLess than
1 to 55 to 10 10 billion
1 billion billion yen billion yen yen or
yen(not incl.) (not incl.)
more

５６

Not
predictable
予想できない10

US$ =Pricesyen

Q3 With regard to how much higher or lower the average purchaseprice for manufacturing and selling the main product or service ofyour company and the average sales price of your main product orservice will be 1 year from now (around January 2015), pleasechoose and circle the one number that is the closest to yourcompany’s forecast.
Average
平均仕入価格
purchasepriceAverage
平均販売価格
sales price

増減率Rate of change

１年後
1 yearfrom now(around Jan. 2015)(平成26年１月ごろ)

１年後
1 yearfrom now(around Jan. 2015)(平成26年１月ごろ)

20%or more20％以上

１

１10％以上20％未満
10%
to 20%〜(notincl.)

２

２５％以上
〜 10％未満5%
to 10% (notincl.)

３３0%(not incl.)
to 5% (not incl.)
０％超〜 ５％未満

４

４０％
0%

５

５‐5%
(not incl.)
0% (not incl.)−５％超〜 to０％未満

６

６‐10%(not incl.)
to ‐5%−10％超〜 −５％以下

７

７‐20%(not incl.)
to ‐10%−20％超〜 −10％以下

８８‐20%or less−20％以下９９Noneapply
当てはまらない10(Note) The purchase price for non-manufacturing companies is theprice of raw materials and products purchased for providing service.
For example in the wholesale and retail industries it includes stocks
purchased, in the restaurant and lodging industries it includes
foodstuffs and in the real estate industry it includes land purchased
for sale (machinery/tools for capital investment and rent/purchase ofbuildings and land for use at own company are not included). Pleasechoose “None apply” if there is no applicable purchase price.

(please turn over)Overseas production ratio and reverse imports ratio

Growth rate of capital investment
Q4 How does your company view the annual average percentagechanges in capital investment (construction work basis) for the past
3 years (average of FY2011–2013) and the next 3 years (average ofFY2014–2016)? Please choose and circle the one number thatapplies as the past percentage change and the future forecast.
Please exclude the purchase of land, the purchase of used items
and transfers from the construction in progress account.
Past
3 years
Next
3 years
過去３年間
今後３年間(average of(average of(平成22〜24年度平均） (平成25〜27年度平均）
FY2011–2013)
FY2014–2016)

増減率
Rateof25%
or more
25％以上

１

１20%
to 25%〜(notincl.)
20％以上
25％未満

２

２15%
to 20%〜(notincl.)
15％以上
20％未満

３

３

10％以上
15％未満
10%
to 15%〜(notincl.)

４４5%
to 10% (notincl.)
５％以上〜 10％未満

５５0%(not incl.)
to 5% (not incl.)
０％超〜 ５％未満

６

６0%
０％

７

７‐5%(not incl.)
0% (not incl.)−５％超〜to０％未満

８８‐10%(not incl.)
to ‐5%−10％超〜 −５％以下

９９‐15%(not incl.)
to ‐10%−15％超〜 −10％以下

1010‐20%(not incl.)
to ‐15%−20％超〜 −15％以下

1111‐25%(not incl.)
to ‐20%−25％超〜 −20％以下

1212‐25%or less−25％以下

13

13

No
capital investment was
設備投資を行わなかった
made/isplanned（行う予定がない）

14

Change in the number of employees(Note) Please consider overseas production as production done bya local corporation through foreign direct investment under theForeign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act.
If there are any co-investors on the Japanese side in the overseas
local corporation, this question is to be answered by the company
with the largest investment ratio (or managing company if thecompanies invested equally).

Overseas
production ratio

PM

今後３年間
Next
3 years(averageof(平成25〜27FY2014–2016)
年度平均）

うちRegular

うちRegular

全体
全体
Overall
Overall
employees
employees
正社員
正社員

１

１

１

１

10%
10％以上
to 15%〜(not15％未満incl.)

２

２

２

２5%
to 10% (notincl.)
５％以上〜 10％未満

３

３

３

３0%
(not incl.)
to 5% (not incl.)
０％超〜 ５％未満

４４

４

４0%
０％

５

５

５５６

６

６‐10%
(not incl.)
to ‐5%−10％超〜 −５％以下

７７７７‐15%(not incl.)
to ‐10%−15％超〜 −10％以下

８８８８‐15%or less−15％以下９９９９-Please proceed to Q6 if your company is a manufacturingcompany.
-Q5 will be the end of the questionnaire if your company is anon-manufacturing company.

2.

%%.

%

It is not required to fill in the box for the year in which your company
did/will not carry out overseas production (year for which “0.0” wasentered)

過去３年間
Past
3 yearsof((average平成22〜24
FY2011–2013)
年度平均)

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FY2013 estimate FY2018 forecast(2) Reverse imports ratio
Please calculate the reverse imports ratio as per the followingequation on a yen selling price basis. Please use the current
exchange rate for the FY2018 forecast.
Exportvolume to Japan
日本向け輸出高
Reverse imports
ratio ＝逆輸入比率
Volumeof overseas local
海外現地生産高
production

15%or more
15％以上

‐5%(not incl.)〜to０％未満
0% (not incl.)−５％超ELFY2012 actualfigures

Q5 With regard to the situation of the number of employees at yourcompany in the past 3 years (average of FY2011–2013) and yourforecast for the next 3 years (average of FY2014–2016), pleasechoose and circle the one number that applies for “overall” and“regular employees.”
Please respond regarding the state only at your company, rather
than on a consolidated basis.

増減率
Rate of change(1) Overseas production ratio
Please calculate the overseas production ratio as per the following
equation on a yen selling price basis. Please use the current
exchange rate for the FY2018 forecast.
海外現地生産による生産高
Volumeof overseas production
Overseas production
海外現地生産比率＝ratio
国内生産
海外現地生産of overseas
Volume of domestic ＋ Volume
による生産高による生産高production
productionAS
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Q6 is to be answered by manufacturing companies only.
Q6 With regard to overseas production and reverse imports ratios,
what are your company’s “FY2012 actual figures,” “FY2013estimate” and “FY2018 forecast”? Please fill in the boxes below(figures up to one decimal place).
Please enter “0.0” if your company does not produce abroad.

FY2012 actualfigures

Reverse importsratio.

FY2013 estimate FY2018 forecast%.

.

%

%

(3) Reason for having an overseas production base
Please choose and circle the one that most applies to your company
as the reason for having an overseas production base.
It is not required to fill in (3) if “0.0” has been entered for "FY2013
estimate” and “FY2018 forecast” in Q6 (1).
Labor costs are low
労働力コストが低い

１

We can easily secure highly‐qualified personnel (technical and research
高度な能力を持つ人材（技術者、研究者等）の確保が容易staff)

２

資材・原材料、製造工程全体、物流、土地・建物等のコストがWe can enjoy low costs of materials, overall production processes,distributions, and land/buildings
低い
Strong demand exists, or demand is forecast to expand, for our products in
現地・進出先近隣国の需要が旺盛又は今後の拡大が見込まれる
the local market(s) and markets in neighboring countries

３
４We
can cater effectively to overseas users’ needs
現地の顧客ニーズに応じた対応が可能

５

We have contracts with reliable suppliers of parts and/or raw materials to
現地に部品、原材料を安定供給するサプライヤーがある
the local facilities in a stable manner

６

We have entered the overseas market(s) following entry by our parent
親会社、取引先等の進出に伴って進出
company or customer(s) and so on

７

We take advantage of industrial development programs including favorable
現地政府の産業育成政策、税制・融資等の優遇措置がある
taxation and/or financing which are offered by the local government(s)８Inadequate infrastructure in the local country in question had prevented us
制約となっていた現地のインフラが必要水準を満たした
from setting up operations there, but this issue has now been addressed

９Other (please specify:その他（具体的に：10）)

Thank you for your cooperation
Please return the completed questionnaire by January 15 (Wednesday), 2014