Statistics on the Scale of Japanese Packaging Industry in 2023
* including estimation value By Japan Packaging Institute
- Value -
| A) Shipment value of packaging materials and containers | ¥ 6,160 bil. (yen) |
| Previous year: ¥ 6,077 bil. (yen) | |
| Ratio to the previous year: 101.4 % | |
| B) Production value of packaging machinery | ¥ 509 bil. (yen) |
| Previous year: ¥ 489 bil. (yen) | |
| Ratio to the previous year: 104.1 % | |
| Total ( A + B ) | ¥ 6,668 bil. (yen) |
| Previous year: ¥ 6,566 bil. (yen) | |
| Ratio to the previous year: 101.6 % | |
- Volume -
| A) Shipment volume of packaging materials and containers | 18.10 mil. ton |
| Previous year: 19.21 mil. ton | |
| Ratio to the previous year: 94.2 % | |
| B) Production number of packaging machinery | 265,510 |
| Previous year: 271,105 | |
| Ratio to the previous year: 97.9 % | |
Table 1 The scale of Japanese packaging industry, 2019 - 2023
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| * unit: billion yen * including estimation value in 2023 |
Table 2 A rate in scale of the Japanese packaging industry to the nominal GDP.
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| * unit: billion yen * including estimation value in 2023 |
Table 3 Share of packaging materials in shipment value & volume in 2023
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Table 4 Overview of shipment value of packaging materials and containers
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| 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
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| 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
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| Production value in 100 million yen(¥) ( ); Comparison with previous year % |