No. FY 15-12
March 22, 2016

NEWS RELEASEThe Current Condition of the Japanese Machine Tool Industry
Monthly Machine Tool Orders (February 2016)
The total value of machine tool orders in February was 101.91 billion yen. This was anincrease of 1.6% compared to January 2016 and marked the first month of month-on-month
growth in three months. However, this figure represented a decrease of 22.5% compared tothe same month of the previous year, with posting the seventh consecutive month ofyear-on-year decline. The total amount of orders fell below 110 billion yen for threeconsecutive months, while this has passed 100 billion yen for thirty consecutive months.
There was an atmosphere of continuing wait-and-see in the domestic demand. We are also
observing the impact of the developments in financial markets. With regard to the foreign
demand, we will keep a close watch on the effect of world economy and EMS special demand.
Domestic orders fell by 1.7% from January, amounting to 38.89 billion yen. This marked thethree consecutive month-on-month decrease. Moreover, this figure was a decline of 8.7% fromthe same month of the previous year and marked the first year-on-year decrease in twomonths. Domestic orders fell below 40 billion yen for two consecutive months.
Looking at major industries, orders compared to January rose by 2.9% in industrial
machinery, fell by 1.8% in motor vehicles, rose by 2.9% in electrical & precision machinery,and fell by 41.2% in aircraft, shipbuilding & transport equipment.
Foreign orders rose by 3.9% over January to 63.02 billion yen. This marked the first monthof month-on-month increase in three months. However, foreign orders showed a decrease of
29.1% from the same month of the previous year, with February posting the ninth
consecutive month of decline.
By region, orders from Asia rose by 2.1% over January to 25.52 billion yen. This was adecrease of 50.7% from the same month of the previous year. Orders from Europe rose by
18.5% over January to 16.79 billion yen. This was a decrease of 1.2% from the same month ofthe previous year. Orders from North America fell by 2.4% from January, amounting to20.01 billion yen. This figure was an increase of 1.9% over the same month of the previousyear.

JAPAN MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS’ ASSOCIATION
Kikai Shinko Kaikan, 3-5-8, Shibakoen, Minato-ku Tokyo 105-0011, Japan
Tel : (03)3434-3961, Fax : (03)3434-3763, URL : http://www.jmtba.or.jp

Main Statistics of Metal Cutting Machine Tools
Value in Millions of Yen
ORDERSPRODUCTIONSALESINVENTORYEXPORTS
IMPORTS EMPLOYEES W HOLE-SALE
PeriodTotal
Domestic
Foreign
Sales
Order Backlog
W eight
W eight
No. of PRICE％％％
UnitesValue％
UnitesValue
UnitesValue％
Value％
Value
Value
Value
Value
Valueton
ton
Persons INDEX
C.Y. 1990
1,412,123 111.2 1,038,791 111.5
373,332 110.5
1,323,494
612,728 196,131 459,814 1,303,442 114.4 196,966 1,336,812 9,723
25,170 455,809 106.4 68,645 135.9
36,849 100.0
1991
1,141,209 80.8
848,21981.7
292,990 78.5
1,257,208
489,427 172,034 428,691 1,265,587 97.1 169,496 1,288,204 15,122
31,239 411,948 90.4 58,496 85.2
37,965 101.8
1992
710,221 62.2
474,56155.9
235,660 80.4
826,975
354,933 116,649 283,840
831,087 65.7 118,591
850,528 14,408
28,126 330,291 80.2 41,027 70.1
38,265 101.2
1993
88,930 213,731
531,783 74.9
322,570
68.0
209,213 88.8
594,359
266,959
592,727 71.3
92,321
619,656 12,252
24,718 306,094 92.7 25,230 61.5
34,51297.7
1994
573,083 107.8
315,49397.8
257,590 123.1
562,809273,172
88,109 215,620
554,080 93.5
89,860575,984 11,016
20,842 328,786 107.4 25,226 100.0
29,34096.2
1995
775,538 135.3
407,238 129.1
368,300 143.0
716,330
330,125 100,293 278,759
699,351 126.2 101,019
710,628 10,831
19,606 478,054 145.4 41,032 162.7
28,394 100.0
1996
938,194 121.0
509,777 125.2
428,417 116.3
866,418
400,399 106,813 316,732
837,453 119.7 108,124
850,630 10,378
21,546 591,653 123.8 64,384 156.9
27,67898.4
1997
1,130,609 120.5
635,136 124.6
495,473 115.7
1,062,001
470,117 115,149 410,045 1,017,129 121.5 116,160 1,070,158 11,125
19,657 649,395 109.8 71,443 111.0
27,487 100.1
1998
989,200 87.5
457,21472.0
531,986 107.4
1,093,216
381,690
96,805 397,333 1,010,541 99.4
96,649 1,060,603 11,296
24,964 657,055 101.2 65,843 92.2
28,354
99.3
1999
756,616 76.5
361,92279.2
394,694 74.2
814,406
322,337
71,710 280,409
739,461 73.2
73,659775,298 7,215
19,025 529,222 80.5 63,711 96.8
27,79395.8
2000
975,046 128.9
521,686 144.1
453,360 114.9
887,942
402,72190,916 313,842
814,636 110.2
91,797816,123 7,004
17,697 620,056 117.2 85,572 134.3
24,962 100.0
2001
788,898 80.9
411,12578.8
377,773 83.3874,107
313,370
74,572 300,527
776,453 95.3
74,911
781,440 6,922
18,320 558,403 90.1 69,619 81.4
23,848 100.3
2002
675,837 85.7
350,32285.2
325,515 86.2
670,714308,372
55,807 227,217
585,098 75.4
58,144594,957 4,483
16,083 484,668 86.8 50,904 73.1
22,54598.8
2003851,101 125.9
441,587 126.1
409,514 125.8
792,356
348,947
65,673 272,171
690,205 118.0
64,013
692,463 3,851
14,687 564,105 116.4 53,163 104.4
22,13099.2
2004
1,236,192 145.2
672,839 152.4
563,353 137.6
1,025,726
555,840
79,500 361,935
878,082 127.2
76,091
879,589 4,092
17,384 683,066 121.1 88,245 166.0
22,141 101.6
2005
1,363,203 110.3
746,709 111.0
616,494 109.4
1,275,637
644,180
92,385 453,038 1,110,257 126.4
88,719 1,125,758 5,049
23,025 815,110 119.3 107,453 121.8
22,907 100.0
2006
1,436,970 105.4
733,009
98.2
703,961 114.2
1,407,258
684,266 100,171 492,096 1,211,230 109.1
94,383 1,232,261 6,963
26,930 921,456 113.0 135,649 126.2
23,503 101.1
2007
1,589,991 110.6
726,424
99.1
863,567 122.7
1,522,632
758,815 106,282 515,268 1,303,164 107.6
98,752 1,317,226 9,662
32,006 892,032 96.8 72,601 53.5
24,624 100.6
2008
1,301,147 81.8
566,82078.0
734,327 85.0
1,472,029
574,383
95,310 492,188 1,249,184 95.9
88,319 1,267,372 11,436
31,685 874,723 98.1 60,226 83.0
25,323 101.5
2009
411,809 31.6
159,64828.2
252,161 34.3
596,920
382,592
28,281 180,025
486,283 38.9
29,894
514,793 9,547
22,656 321,399 36.7 28,717 47.7
24,542 100.2
2010
978,622 237.6
307,527 192.6
671,095 266.1
851,272
508,446
67,607 302,376
813,002 167.2
67,954
820,517 10,464
24,489 608,551 189.3 30,579 106.5
23,380 100.0
2011
1,326,188 135.5
421,599 137.1
904,589 134.8
1,179,316
653,138
85,483 432,693 1,149,394 141.4
87,452 1,170,069 10,437
28,720 855,195 140.5 43,442 142.1
24,348 102.5
2012
1,212,445 91.4
375,82289.1
836,623 92.5
1,329,650
543,736
93,649 429,207 1,151,980 100.2
95,824 1,173,114 9,894
34,483 945,594 110.6 51,080 117.6
25,524 102.7
2013
1,117,049 92.1
400,803 106.6
716,246 85.6
1,094,673
566,11356,780 320,904
886,372 76.9
62,518911,286 7,890
31,779 766,495 81.1 63,016 123.4
24,716 101.2
2014
1,509,397 135.1
496,391 123.8 1,013,006 141.4
1,422,184
652,213
99,407 454,866 1,186,293 133.8 102,231 1,221,172 9,924
34,308 961,862 125.5 78,087 123.9
25,188 104.0
2015
1,480,592 98.1
586,240 118.1
894,352 88.3
1,532,603
607,499 101,566 481,810 1,252,975 105.6 104,666 1,304,581 11,274
38,620 932,284 96.9 91,570 117.3
25,943 106.4
F.Y. 2012
1,139,843 86.9
362,87086.6
776,973 87.1
1,273,978476,008
84,944 395,437 1,072,866 91.0
88,477 1,106,765 7,218
27,839 896,302 98.7 50,467 109.9
25,501 101.9
2013
1,204,852 105.7
422,029 116.3
782,823 100.8
1,149,078
529,922
61,311 344,586
936,303 87.3
65,329958,064 7,938
27,939 771,524 86.1 72,839 144.3
24,650 101.2
2014
1,578,546 131.0
526,876 124.8 1,051,670 134.3
1,495,341
613,854 109,753 480,495 1,257,093 134.3 112,892 1,297,720 9,535
31,084 1,025,237 132.9 78,930 108.4
25,401 105.2
2015
1-3
399,977 120.9
136,664 128.7
263,313 117.2
438,320
613,854
30,167 134,907
358,757 124.6
31,609384,789 9,535
31,084 269,799 130.7 24,078 103.6
25,626 105.3
4-6
409,273 110.6
161,606 141.5
247,667 96.8
358,474665,037
29,303 119,156
306,457 111.2
30,516309,511 9,619
34,534 253,354 108.2 22,004 120.8
26,028 106.0
7-9
346,692 88.5
155,456 116.1
191,236 74.2
374,540
641,420
22,071 118,061
300,049 93.2
22,731
308,109 9,997
38,400 221,696 80.5 22,930 130.2
25,996 107.2
10-12
324,650 77.9
132,51493.2
192,136 69.9
361,269
607,499
20,025 109,686
287,712 95.6
19,810302,172 11,274
38,620 187,436 76.2 22,558 118.6
26,123 107.0
10
2014
133,696 130.8
44,909 116.2
88,787 139.7
107,425
614,825
8,925
37,147
96,205 135.0
8,976
93,043 9,626
34,35581,305 136.9 6,225 116.1
25,327 105.0
11139,050 136.6
49,061 117.9
89,989 149.6
107,114646,760
8,917
37,351
97,916 141.5
8,904
96,343 10,045
35,99374,777 122.2 6,101 102.4
25,297 106.2
12144,248 133.9
48,145 131.1
96,103 135.3
138,797652,213
9,342
40,443
106,820 134.0
9,907
114,855 9,924
34,30889,966 120.6 6,697 100.3
25,524 105.4
2015
1
121,103 120.4
38,477 112.2
82,626 124.7
120,249
653,067
9,046
38,896
102,917 134.1
9,730
106,988 9,608
34,703
78,957 139.0 7,343 102.2
25,567 105.6
2
131,494 128.9
42,577 125.2
88,917 130.8
125,281659,280
9,694
43,200112,908 129.4
9,700
113,541 9,908
36,93579,620 118.7 8,402 123.2
25,607 105.9
3
147,380 114.9
55,610 146.8
91,770 101.5
192,790
613,854
11,42752,811
142,932 115.3
12,179164,260 9,535
31,084 111,222 134.7 8,333 90.3
25,704 104.5
4
134,621 110.5
48,465 139.0
86,156 99.0
111,582
637,273
9,640
38,821
99,349 115.8
10,429102,807 9,320
32,07390,279 130.8 5,689 87.8
26,088 105.45
138,545 115.0
52,840 143.9
85,705 102.3
114,072
661,753
9,506
38,392
97,228 109.2
9,459
94,881 9,692
33,55074,013 99.3 7,173 111.1
25,957 105.5
6
136,107 106.6
60,301 141.4
75,806 89.2
132,820
665,037
10,157
41,943
109,880 109.1
10,628111,823 9,619
34,53489,062 98.4 9,142 173.1
26,040 107.0
7
129,939 101.7
59,843 139.9
70,096 82.4
117,826
677,148
8,462
41,051
102,375 101.6
8,572
102,614 9,831
36,84885,903 95.9 7,403 122.5
26,062 107.6
8
107,038 83.5
47,731 113.8
59,307 68.8
110,177
676,364
6,703
36,28992,957 95.3
6,928
92,776 9,933
39,971
66,459 75.7 7,833 148.1
26,007 107.4
9
109,715 80.9
47,882
97.4
61,833 71.6
146,537
641,420
6,906
40,721
104,717 84.7
7,231
112,719 9,997
38,40069,334 70.9 7,694 122.4
25,920 106.6
10
103,080 77.1
44,485
99.1
58,595 66.0
107,223
635,509
6,176
35,464
89,675 93.2
6,150
91,748 10,365
40,86968,818 84.6 8,180 131.4
26,185 107.0
11114,392 82.3
45,46492.7
68,928 76.6
119,274
630,627
6,471
35,945
94,990 97.0
6,420
99,268 10,769
40,76055,235 73.9 8,143 133.5
26,104 107.1
12
107,178 74.3
42,56588.4
64,613 67.2
134,772
607,499
7,378
38,277103,047 96.5
7,240
111,156 11,274
38,62063,383 70.5 6,235 93.1
26,080 106.9
100,258 82.8
39,572 102.8
60,686 73.4
97,939610,277
6,084
31,85582,908 80.6
6,021
83,419 11,686
41,05746,318 58.7 7,014 95.5
26,257 106.0
2016
1
101,910 77.5
38,887
91.3
63,023 70.9
111,037
601,149
106.4
21-2
202,168 80.0
78,45996.8
123,709 72.1
208,976
601,149
6,084
31,85582,908 80.6
6,021
83,419 11,686
41,05746,318 58.7 7,014 95.5
26,257 106.2
Sources:
Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association (JMTBA)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Ministry of Finance (MOF)
METI Bank of Japan
Notes: 1) C.Y=Calendar year (Jan. to Dec.);2) %=Comparison percentage to the year earlier;3) Order Backlog=Backlog at the end of each period;4) PRICE INDEX: 1990～1994=Comparison to 1990, 1995～1999=Comparison to 1995, 2000～2004=Comparison to 2000, 2005～2009 =Comparison to 2005, 2010～=Comparison to 2010 5) % previous year6) r= Production data of METI revised annual and past data

NET NEW ORDERS - METAL CUTTING MACHINE TOOLS IN JAPAN(Value: in Millions of Yen)
PeriodPrevious Quarteryear-to-yearyear-to-year

15/14 (%)

15/07-15/09

15/10-15/12

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

１. Primary Metals

18,528

159.9

5,290

5,489

103.8

162.4

2,238

91.2

1,265

130.0

91.0

２. Fabricated Metal Products

28,562

122.7

6,719

6,233

92.8

99.7

2,450

60.6

1,239102.3

54.5

３. Industrial Machinery

221,825110.9

60,207

46,585

77.4

82.4

27,162

83.2

13,775

102.9

82.4

（of which construction machinery）

5,833

130.9

1,408

1,328

94.3

322

41.9

263

445.8

106.0

（of which dies and molds ）32,198

121.1

9,559

6,695

70.0

89.3

4,748

102.0

2,066

77.0

93.1

203,918

121.6

53,191

46,424

87.3

98.4

28,681

109.9

14,211

98.2

98.2

143,739

122.4

34,53331,806

92.1

93.6

19,177100.1

10,323

116.6

101.4

５. Electrical Machinery

26,942

98.3

7,560

5,395

71.464.4

3,463

93.0

1,872

117.7

95.0

６. Precision Machinery

21,125

123.2

4,896

5,275

107.7

125.0

2,840

96.6

1,324

87.3

83.4

Electrical & Precision
Machinery (Sub Total)

Machinery & Equipment Industries

４. Motor Vehicles（of which auto parts）

５－６.

-

16/01-16/02(%)

Feb. '16

Feb. 16/Jan. 16 Feb. 16/Feb. 15

Total 2015

Industry

48,067107.9

12,456

10,670

85.7

84.7

6,303

94.6

3,196

102.9

89.8

Aircraft, Shipbuilding &７. Transport equipment

31,150

151.5

8,326

7,170

86.1

99.8

6,865

142.82,542

58.8

120.5

（of which aircraft）

16,272

304.1

4,544

4,654

102.4

3,518

192.7

1,580

81.5

284.7

504,960

116.7

134,180

110,849

82.6

89.8

69,011

98.3

33,724

95.6

91.5

Other Machinery & Equipment
Government, Public
９.
Agencies & Schools
１０. Others

14,487

111.3

4,366

3,254

74.5

88.6

1,640

84.6

803

95.9

88.2

3,388

82.4

732

1,784

243.7

82.9

286

110.0

88

44.4

100.0

9,718

151.8

2,520

2,793

110.8

169.9

1,222

98.2

671

121.8

91.9

１１. Trading Companies

6,597

125.0

1,649

2,112

128.1

137.9

1,612

183.4

1,097

213.0

340.7

1-11. Domestic Total

586,240

118.1

155,456

132,514

85.2

93.2

78,45996.8

38,88798.3

91.3

１２. Foreign

894,352

88.3

191,236

192,136

100.5

69.9

123,709

72.1

63,023

103.9

70.9

1-12. Grand Total

1,480,592

98.1

346,692

324,650

93.6

77.9

202,168

80.0

101,910

101.6

77.5

（of which: NC machines）

1,450,004

98.4

339,607

316,865

93.3

77.6

199,48480.4

99,549

99.6

77.3

Sales

1,532,603

107.8

374,540

361,269

96.5

102.2

208,97685.1

111,037

113.4

88.6

1,503,064

108.3

366,792

353,663

96.4

102.4

204,33984.8

108,567

113.4

88.4

607,499

93.1

641,420

607,499

94.7

93.1

601,14991.2

601,149

98.5

91.2

578,96292.7

613,223

578,962

94.4

92.7

574,36391.0

574,363

98.5

91.0

３－７. Sub total
８.

（of which: NC machines）

Order Backlog（of which: NC machines）-

Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association

NET NEW ORDERS BY DESTINATION(Value in Millions of yen)

2016

Jan.

%

Feb.

%

Mar.

%

Apr.

%

May%

Jun.

%

July%Aug.

%

Sep.

%

Oct.

%

Korea%

Dec.

Total%

2016%

6,341 88.7
3,660 67.3
29,702 73.4
039,703 74.8
2,273 57.5
641 33.7
373 72.0
359 42.4
1,309 83.1
3.7
1,271
4,467 131.7
128 581.8
10,821 23.3
50,524 50.7
7,950 103.8
3,988 100.0
4,094 104.3
2,550 68.5
3,480 116.3
4,154 114.8
26,216 101.2
2,666 78.4
890 43.1
1,192 108.8
122 83.6
1,946 180.9
30,950 101.4
34,094 97.0
1,831 86.7
4,592 156.6
40,517 100.8
267 96.7
165 38.7
432 61.5
559 174.1
143 1588.9
702 212.7
471 208.4
113 2825.0
123,709 72.1
123,508 72.7

East Asia

3,629 100.6
2,712 76.6
Taiwan1,831 63.4
1,829 71.6
China
14,439 80.5 15,263 67.6
Other00
East Asia Total
19,899 81.4 19,804 69.1
Thailand894 58.3
1,379 57.0
Malaysia
318 23.9
323 57.0
Sigapore
145 102.8
228 60.5
99 33.7
260 47.1
Philippine
930 79.1
379 94.5
Indonesia
4.2
3.2
726545
Vietnam
1,957 122.1
2,510 140.4
India
34 680.0
94 552.9
Other5,103 21.9
5,718 24.8
Other Asia Total
25,002 52.3 25,522 49.3
Sub Total
4,107 137.7
3,843 82.2
Germany
1,596 83.6
2,392 115.1
Ｅ U.K.
119.4
2,256
1,838 90.3
Italy
823 74.3
1,727 66.0
FranceＵ
1,200 95.2
2,280 131.7
Central Europe
2,163 120.2
1,991 109.5
Other
110.9
94.1
12,145
14,071
Sub Toal
1,452 78.6
1,214 78.2
Other West Europe
541 44.1
349 41.6
Turkey593 111.3
599 106.4
Swizerland
107 150.7
15 20.0
East Europe
461 69.4
1,485 360.4
Russia・Other
14,165 104.7 16,785 98.8
Sub Total
16,563 95.7 17,531 98.2
U.S.A.
770 79.0
1,061 93.2
Canada3,176 139.6
1,416 215.5
Mexico20,509 99.8 20,008 101.9
Sub Total
188 276.5
79 38.0
Brazil93 24.0
72 189.5
Other
281 61.6
151 61.4
Sub Total
259 171.5
300 176.5
Australia
35108 981.8
Other
294 197.3
408 225.4
Sub Total
361 269.4
110 119.6
Middle East
74 1850.0
39
Africa60,686 73.4 63,023 70.9
Grand Total
61,547 74.9 61,961 70.7
Of which NC(Note)１．"Other East Europe" until April 2014 is the division of before the integration of EU. The countries which joined EU
2. Middle East and Africa until July, 2014 are included in "Other" in Oceania.
3.It will be descrived as "-", if the actual value is "negative"or "0" or no actual value.

Nov.

Other Asia
Asia
EuropeNorth America S 6 C America Oceania

from 04-07 is devided as "Central Europe".

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