Statistics on the Scale of Japanese Packaging Industry in 2025
* including estimation value By Japan Packaging Institute
- Value -
| A) Shipment value of packaging materials and containers | ¥ 6,136 bil. (yen) |
| Previous year: ¥ 6,108 bil. (yen) | |
| Ratio to the previous year: 100.5 % | |
| B) Production value of packaging machinery | ¥ 531 bil. (yen) |
| Previous year: ¥ 507 bil. (yen) | |
| Ratio to the previous year: 104.8 % | |
| Total ( A + B ) | ¥ 6,667 bil. (yen) |
| Previous year: ¥ 6,615 bil. (yen) | |
| Ratio to the previous year: 100.8 % | |
- Volume -
| A) Shipment volume of packaging materials and containers | 17.60 mil. ton |
| Previous year: 17.70 mil. ton | |
| Ratio to the previous year: 99.5 % | |
| B) Production number of packaging machinery | 257,373 |
| Previous year: 259,547 | |
| Ratio to the previous year: 99.2 % | |
Table 1 The scale of Japanese packaging industry, 2021 - 2025
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| * unit: billion yen * including estimation value in 2025 |
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 2025 |
Table 3 Share of packaging materials in shipment value & volume in 2025
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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 % |