Statistics on the Scale of Japanese Packaging Industry in 2008

By Japan Packaging Institute

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Table 1 The scale of Japanese packaging industry, 2004 - 2008

* unit : billion yen * including estimation value in 2008

Table 2 A rate in scale of the Japanese packaging industry to the nominal GDP.

* unit : billion yen

Table 3 Share of packaging materials in shipment value & volume in 2008

Table 4 Overview of shipment value of packaging materials and containers

Upper column : Shipment value in 100 million yen(\) Figures in ( ) shows composed ratio - % Lower column : Comparison with previous year - %

Table 5 Overview of shipment volume of packaging materials and containers

Upper column : Shipment volume in 1000 tons Figures in ( ) shows composed ratio - % Lower column : Comparison with previous year - %

Table 6 Overview of production number and value of packaging machinery

Production value in 100 million yen(\) ( ) ; Comparison with previous year %