Production & Shipment Statictics of
Japanese Packaging Industry in 1997

by Japan Packaging Institute



1. Size of Japanese packaging industry and current trends

The size of the packaging industry in 1997, shown as total production and shipment value & volume, is as follows;

l) Value

¥Shipment value of packaging materials & containers

:6,901901.64 bil.yen

¥Production value of packaging machinery

520.87 bil.yen

Total

7,422.51 bil.yen

Shipment value of packaging materials and containers in 1997, 6,901.64 billion (yen), 0.8% year on year increase, compared with the previous year.
Production value of packaging machinery was 520.87 billion (yen) , representing 3.3% year-on-year increase.

2) Volume

¥Shipment volume of packaging materials & containers

23.52 mil.tons

Shipment volume of packaging materials & containers (including volume of packaging materials & containers assumed for shipment) shows 2.4% growth of the previous year.

¥Production volume of packaging machinery671.763

Production volume of packaging machinery in 1997 (including volume of machines planned for production) is 1.1% of the previous year, indicating a slight year-on-year growth.

¥Size of Packaglng Industry (% of GDP)


Packaging IndustryGDP% of GDP
19967,349,5 bil.yen499,861.0 bil.yen(final report figure)1.47%
19977,422.5 bil.yen507, 270.1 bil.yen(quick report figure)1.46%

2. Shipment value composition by type of rav material

Shipment value makeup of packaging materials from 1995 to 1997 is categorized in 7, including others, by type of raw materials ; its makeup in 1996 is shown below.
Total shipment value in 1996 was 6,901.64 billion, with the order and ratio of each category as shown below.

1. Paper & paper products41.4%
2. Plastic products22.7%
3. Metal products22.3%
4. Wooden products4.4%
5. Glass products3.1%
6. Textle products0.3%
7. Others products5.8%
Total100.0%

Table-1 showed yearly changes in value shipment makeup of packaglng materials by type of raw materials.

Shipment value of packaging materials grew steadily from 1987, came to its peak in 1991, then, declined in 1992 and had continued the same trend until 1994. But from 1994, it had shown a slight increase and the increase rate for 1997 is estimated to be 0.8% of the previous year. The average ratio for five-year period from 1993 to 1997 was 98.8%.
As to shipment value composition, we can see the increase of 0.5 points in plastic products, 0.2 in textile and 0.1 in others; the decrease of 0.5 in paper & paperboard and 0.2 in glass and wooden products.

3. Shipment volume makeup of packaging materials by type of raw materials

Shipment volume makeup of packaging materials from 1995 to 1997 is shown in Table-2. Total shipment volume in 1997 was 23.52 million tons, with the order and ratio of each category as shown below.

Paper & paper products57.5%
Plastic products15.4%
Metal products12.0%
Glass products9.2%
Wooden products5.2%
Textle products0.5%
Others products0.2%
Total100.0%

Table-2 shows yearly changes in shipment volume makeup of packaging materials by type of raw material. Shipment volune of packaging materials having grown untill 1991, started declining in 1991. But it had increased from 1994 and its rate in 1997 is turned to be 2.4%.
As to shipment volume composition, we can only notice the increase of 0.7 points in paper % paperboard products. Decreasing are glass products in 0.4 and metal products in 0.3 points.

4. Production statistics for packaging machinery

Production value and volume are shown in Table-3. Both its value and volume had grown untill 1991 but started decreasing from 1992. However, from 1995, it showed the growth again snd end up 3.3% increase in value and 1.1% increase in volume of the previous year in 1997.
Production of packaging machinery in 1997 was 520.9 billion(yen) in total (including value of machines planned for production), with the order and ratio of each category as shown below.

Unit & inner packaging machines70.9%
Outer packaging & packing machines18.0
Bag-making machines5.3
Paper & paperboard converting machines5.8
Total100.0

Table-1 Overview of Shipment Value of Packaging Materials & Containers
Upper column:Shipment value in 100 million yen
figures in ( ) shows composed ratio %
Lower column:- Comparison with previous year %
Year

Law Material		 1995 1996 (incl. estimate) 1997 (incl. estimate)
Grand Total 68,305.9(100.0)
-100.4-		 68,454.8(100.O)
-100.2-		 69,016.4(100.O)
-100.8-
Paper & Paperboard Products 28,358.4(41.1)
-101.4-		 28,597.2(41.8)
-100.8-		 28,577.9(41.4)
-99.9-
Plastic Products 15,284.5(22.4)
-102.3-		 15,145.3(22.1)
-99.1-		 15,402.0(22.3)
-101.7-
Metal Products 15,090.6(22.1)
-98.9-		 15,213.7(22.7)
-100.8-		 15,647.3(22.7)
102.9-
Glass Products 2,267.2(3.3)
-90.2-		 2,244.9(3.3)
-99.0-		 2,119.7(3.1)
-94.4-
Wooden Products 3,242.0(4.7)
-96.9-		 3,124.8(4.6)
-96.4-		 3,050.6(4.4)
-97.6-
Textile Products 207.3(0.3)
-106.3-		 195.7(0.3)
-94.4-		 198.0(0.3)
-101.2-
Miscellaneous 3,855.9(5.6)
-101.9-		 3,933.2(5.7)
-102.0-		 4,020.9(5.8)
-102.0-

Table-2 Overview of Shipment Volume of Packaging Materials & Containers
Upper column : Shipment Volume in 1000 tons
figures in ( ) shows composed ratio%
Lower column: - Comparison with previous year
Year

Law Material		 1995 1996 (incl. estimate) 1997 (incl. estimate)
Grand Total 22,740.7(100.0)
-l02.2-		 22,969.5(100.O)
-l01.0-		 23,520.8(100.O)
-l02.4-
Paper & Paperboard Products 12,930.9(57.0)
-99.7-		 13,028.1(56.8)
-101.8-		 13,507.5(57.5)
-100.7-
Plastic Products 3,410.8(15.0)
-102.9-		 3,541.3(15.4)
-103.8-		 3,633.7(15.4)
-102.6-
Metal Products 2,796.2(12.3)
-98.8-		 2,826.9(12.3)
-101.1-		 2,832.4(12.0)
100.2-
Glass Products 2,236.6(9.8)
-91.7-		 2,211.1(9.6)
-98.9-		 2,156.9(9.2)
-97.59-
Wooden Products 1,189.5(5.2)
-100.0-		 1,193.0(5.2)
-100.3-		 1,220.0(5.2)
-102.3-
Textile Products 121.2(0.5)
-106.1-		 114.6(0.5)
-94.6-		 115.9(0.5)
-101.1-
Miscellaneous 55.5(0.2)
-95.5-		 54.1(0.2)
-97.5-		 54.4(0.2)
-100.6-

Table 3 Overview of Productlon Volume & Value of Packaglng Machinery
* Production value in 100 mi llion yen
* ( ) ; Comparison with previous year %
Year

Type of Machine		 1995 1996 1997 (inc. estimate)
Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value
Grand Total 666,247
(104.5)		 4,821.3
(103.6)		 664,428
(99.7)		 5,040.4
(104.5)		 671,763
(101.1)		 5,208.7
(103.3)
1. Packaging & packing machines
Total
 664,147
(l04.6)		 4,283.3
(102.8)		 662,249
(99.7)		 4,503.8
(105.1)		 669,220
(101.1)		 4,632.4
(102.9)
Unit & inner packaging machines
Sub-total
 465,107
(104.6)		 3,383.0
(102.6)		 464,492
(99.90)		 3,587.1
(106.0)		 467, 776
(100.7)		 3,693.5
(103.0)
Scaling machines 5,453
 263.7
 5,422
 266.2
 5,745
 297.3
Filling machines 4,808
 362.5
 5,486
 400.9
 5,575
 404.3
Bottling machines 2,849
 396.1
 3,028
 451.8
 3,201
 467.1
Canning machines 487
 93.2
 457
 84.9
 511
 93.2
Pouch form/fillng machines 8,681
 584.5
 8,618
 605.2
 8,711
 606.5
Container form/filling machine 648
 178.4
 635
 179.2
 638
 183.6
Labeling machines 311,688
 192.2
 310,405
 184.8
 311,021
 209.2
Cartoning machines 495
 107.4
 489
 109.6
 548
 125.0
Overwrapping machines 35,778
 362.7
 36,258
 380.2
 37,135
 390.0
Sealing machines 66,026
 208.2
 66,339
 209.1
 67,082
 209.7
Shrink wrapping machines 4,210
 111.5
 4,205
 122.5
 4,331
 128.1
Vacuun packaging machine 4,877
 119.4
 4,600
 116.2
 4,971
 125.6
Others 19,107
 403.2
 18,550
 476.5
 18,297
 453.9
0uter packaging & packing machines
Sub-total
 199,040
(104.4)		 900.3
(103.6)		 197,757
(99.4)		 916.7
(101.8)		 201,454
(101.4)		 938.9
(102.4)
Case loading machines 1,111
 219.9
 1,066
 219.8
 1,095
 225.4
Case glueing machines 111
 6.2
 97
 6.1
 102
 6.3
Taping machines 4,195
 28.3
 4,442
 30.6
 4,675
 32.5
Strapping machines 139,110
 190.0
 141,576
 196.5
 144,411
 205.2
Typing machines 5,712
 51.4
 5,603
 49.8
 5,661
 51.6
Boxers 39,986
 26.4
 37,128
 26.6
 37,457
 27.2
Uncasers 37
 4.1
 39
 4.6
 44
 4.9
Others 8,778
 374.0
 7,806
 382.7
 8,009
 385.8
2. Bag-making machines
Total
 1,392
(99.5)		 267.7
(107.5)		 1,421
(102.1)		 270.6
(101.1)		 1,475
(103.8)		 273.4
(101.0)
Bag-making machines 1,002
 175.7
 1,070
 183.9
 1,112
 187.8
Slitters 390
 92.0
 351
 86.7
 353
 85.2
3. Paper & paperboard converting machines
Total
 708
(77.2)		 270.3
(113.7)		 758
(107.1)		 266.0
(98.4)		 1,068
(140.9)		 302.9
(113.9)
Board container-making machines 185
 50.8
 201
 71.2
 328
 81.6
Corrugated board making machines 270
 132.1
 268
 93.5
 310
 105.0
Other board converting machines 253
 87.4
 289
 101.3
 430
 116.3
*Click here for 1995 data.