Table 4. Detailed Value Shipment of
Packaging Materials and Containers(1991 to 1995)

Upper column: Value shipment in 100 millions of yen
Lower column: Year-on-year ratio % figures in parentheses show indices based on 1990=100

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　
Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Type of products YOY%(index) YOY%(index) YOY%(index) YOY%(index) YOY%(index)
Grand Total 74,616.4
104.0(104.0)		 73,201.7
98.1(102.1)		 69,411.6
94.8(96.8)		 68,013.8
98.0(94.8)		 67,905.2
99.8(94.7)
1.Paper & paperboard products
Total
 31,294.9
105.5(105.0)		 30,798.0
98.4(103.8)		 29,476.3
95.7(99.3)		 27,969.9
94.9(94.3)		 28,339.8
101.3(95.5)
(1)Packaging papers
Sub-Total
 3,473.3
102.3(102.3)		 3,346.9
96.4(98.6)		 3,158.9
94.4(93.1)		 3,217.7
101.9(94.8)		 3,180.7
98.9(93.7)
Printing papers 104.2
98.0(98.0)		 96.4
92.5(90.7)		 90.4
93.8(85.0)		 93.1
103.0(87.6)		 104.9
112.7(98.7)
Non-bleached kraft papers 406.6
101.1(101.1)		 373.5
91.9(92.9)		 332.2
88.9(82.6)		 315.2
94.9(78.4)		 310.2
98.4(77.1)
Bleached kraft papers 741.2
94.4(94.4)		 698.6
94.3(89.0)		 677.0
96.9(86.2)		 662.3
97.8(84.3)		 662.3
100.0(84.3)
Tissue papers 270.9
101.1(101.1)		 273.4
100.9(101.9)		 172.7
63.2(64.4)		 166.8
96.6(62.2)		 185.9
111.5(69.3)
Converted papers for packaging 1,806.0
104.9(104.9)		 1,799.0
99.6(104.5)		 1,791.2
99.6(104.0)		 1,887.4
105.4(109.6)		 1,823.2
96.6(105.9)
Womp and other paperboards 144.4
130.9(130.9)		 106.0
73.4(96.1)		 95.4
90.0(86.5)		 92.9
97.4(84.2)		 94.2
101.4(85.4)
(2)Kraft heavy-duty bags 1,180.9
103.8(103.8)		 1,147.8
97.2(100.9) 		1,092.5
95.2(96.0)		 1,094.5
100.2(96.2)		 1,163.0
106.3(102.2)
(3)Square-bottomed paper bags 1,010.5
104.1(104.1)		 987.4
97.7(101.7)		 935.7
94.8(96.4)		 862.4
92.2(88.9)		 862.4
100.0(88.9)
(4)Corrugated fiberboard boxes 16,173.4
105.6(105.6)		 15,976.1
98.8(104.3)		 15,380.0
96.3(100.4)		 14,632.3
95.1(95.6)		 15,076.8
103.0(98.5)
(5)Paperboard containers
Sub-Total
 8,368.5
107.0(107.0)		 8,289.0
99.1(106.0)		 8,025.4
96.8(102.6)		 7,289.5
90.8(93.2)		 7,147.4
98.1(91.4)
Folding cartons 3,574.6
108.2(108.2)		 3,503.9
98.0(106.1)		 3,444.6
98.3(104.3)		 3,793.1
110.1(115.8)		 3,728.4
98.3(112.8)
Machine converted boxes 1,342.9
107.6(107.6)		 1,313.6
97.8(105.3)		 1,319.4
100.4(105.8)		 867.0
65.7(69.5)		 849.9
98.0(68.1)
Set-up boxes 1,454.1
103.5(103.5)		 1,423.4
97.9(101.3)		 1,294.5
90.9(92.1)		 1,168.2
90.2(83.2)		 1,132.8
97.0(80.6)
Other board containers 1,996.9
107.2(107.2)		 2,048.1
102.6(110.0)		 1,966.9
96.0(105.6)		 1,461.2
74.3(78.4)		 1,436.3
98.3(77.1)
(6)Paper tubes 964.5
105.0(105.0)		 931.5
96.6(101.4)		 782.9
84.0(85.3)		 789.0
100.8(85.9)		 825.3
104.6(89.9)
(7)Solid fiberboard 123.8
104.5(104.5)		 119.3
96.4(100.7)		 100.9
84.6(85.1)		 84.5
83.7(71.3)		 84.2
99.6(71.1)
2.Plastic products
Total
 16,847.6
100.3(100.3)		 16,165.9
96.0(96.2)		 15,116.6
93.5(90.0)		 14,945.4
98.9(89.0)		 15,175.5
101.5(90.3)
(1)Films & sheets
Sub-Total
 6,644.4
102.5(102.5)		 6,383.3
96.1(98.5)		 6,534.1
102.4(100.8)		 6,270.6
96.0(96.7)		 6,231.5
99.4(96.1)
PE 2,825.6
100.0(100.0)		 2,749.0
97.3(97.3)		 2,765.8
100.6(97.9)		 2,639.6
95.4(93.4)		 2,624.0
99.4(92.9)
EVA -
- ( - )		 -
- ( - )		 117.6
- ( - )		 113.5
96.5( - )		 129.0
113.7( - )
PP 1,777.1
111.0(111.0)		 1,572.0
88.5(98.2)		 1,587.6
101.0(99.2)		 1,461.2
92.0(91.3)		 1,491.7
102.1(93.2)
Soft PVC 584.7
100.3(100.3)		 633.6
108.4(108.7)		 649.5
102.5(111.4)		 566.6
87.2(97.2)		 561.6
99.1(96.3)
Hard PVC 570.1
107.1(107.1)		 566.4
99.4(106.4)		 463.7
81.9(87.1)		 403.5
87.0(75.8)		 261.6
64.8(49.1)
PS 642.2
90.7(90.7)		 600.6
93.5(84.8)		 648.3
107.9( 91.6)		 719.4
111.0(101.6)		 733.5
102.0(103.6)
A-PET 15.2
223.5(223.5)		 39.0
256.6(573.5)		 62.0
159.0(911.8)		 115.5
186.3(698.5)		 141.8
122.8(85.0)
C-PET 1.1
73.3(73.3)		 1.8
163.6(120.3)		 2.4
133.3(160.0)		 2.4
100.0(160.0)		 4.9
204.2(326.7)
PET films 209.5
101.6(101.6)		 210.5
100.5(102.0)		 228.4
108.5(110.7)		 239.9
105.0(116.3)		 273.4
114.0(132.5)
Polycarbonate 18.9
103.8(103.8)		 10.4
55.0(57.1)		 8.8
84.6(48.4)		 9.0
102.3(49.5)		 10.0
111.1(54.9)
(2)Blow-molded containers
Sub-Total
 3,136.2
105.8(105.8)		 2,733.6
87.2(92.3)		 2,514.4
93.0(85.8)		 2,784.6
109.6(94.0)		 2,850.4
102.4(96.2)
Hard PVC 217.4
95.4(95.4)		 205.2
94.4(90.0)		 176.1
85.8(77.3)		 161.7
91.8(71.0)		 139.4
86.2(61.2)
PE 1,584.0
106.9(106.9)		 1,220.1
77.0(82.4)		 1,171.4
96.0(79.1)		 1,242.0
106.0( 83.9)		 1,409.4
113.5( 95.2)
PP 265.5
111.3(111.3)		 280.0
105.5(117.4)		 284.4
101.6(119.2)		 290.9
102.3(121.9)		 264.8
91.0(111.0)
PET 1,069.3
105.3(105.3)		 1,028.3
96.2(101.3)		 909.5
88.4( 89.6)		 1,090.0
119.8(107.4)		 1,036.8
95.1(102.1)
(3)Injection-molded containers
Sub-Total
 1,841.1
84.8( 84.8)		 2,546.5
138.3(117.3)		 2,441.2
95.6(112.5)		 2,484.6
101.8(114.5)		 2,620.2
105.5(120.7)
LDPE
- ( -　)		 466.2
- ( -　)		 402.6
86.4( - )		 418.6
104.0( - )		 395.3
94.4( - )
EVA
- ( -　)
- ( -　)		 72.0
- ( - )		 63.3
87.9- ( - )		 68.9
108.8- ( - )
LDPE 698.1
89.4(89.4)		 463.6
66.4(59.4)		 409.4
88.3(52.4)		 371.3
90.7(47.6)		 394.5
106.2(50.5)
PP 435.5
72.1(72.1)		 944.7
216.9(156.5)		 940.7
99.6(155.8)		 1,027.4
109.2(170.2)		 1,179.4
114.8(195.4)
PS 707.5
90.07(90.0)		 672.0
95.0(85.5)		 616.5
91.7(78.4)		 604.0
98.0(76.8)		 582.1
96.4(74.0)
(4)Extrusion-molded containers
LDPE
- ( -　)		 202.6
- ( - )		 171.8
84.8( - )		 177.7
103.4( - )		 185.7
104.5( - )
(5)Soft laminated products
Sub-Total
 1,016.7
99.6(99.6)		 836.1
82.2(81.9)		 751.9
89.9(73.7)		 738.6
98.2(72.4)		 789.7
106.9(77.4)
LDPE 876.1
99.2(99.2)		 713.3
81.4(80.8)		 633.3
88.8(71.7)		 608.1
96.0(68.9)		 645.0
106.1(73.0)
PP 140.6
102.4(102.4)		 122.8
87.3(89.4)		 118.6
96.6(86.4)		 130.5
110.0(95.0)		 144.7
110.9(105.4)
(6)Flat yarns
Sub-Total
 1,094.5
92.8(92.8)		 864.7
79.0(73.3)		 666.7
77.1(56.5)		 601.8
90.3(51.0)		 549.0
91.2(46.6)
HDPE 265.1
93.2(93.2)		 264.9
99.9(93.1)		 153.9
58.1(54.1)		 144.2
93.7(50.7)		 140.9
97.7(49.5)
PP 829.4
92.7(92.7)		 599.8
72.3(67.0)		 512.8
85.5(57.3)		 457.6
89.2(51.2)		 408.1
89.2(45.6)
(7)Foamed products
Sub-Total
 3,114.7
104.4(104.4)		 2,599.1
83.4(87.1)		 2,009.5
77.3(67.4)		 1,887.5
93.9(63.3)		 1,949.0
103.3(65.3)
PS bead molded products 1,317.8
102.8(102.8)		 1,115.7
84.7(87.0)		 800.1
71.7(62.4)		 743.0
92.9(58.0)		 824.4
111.0(64.3)
PSP 992.9
107.7(107.7)		 828.5
83.4(89.8)		 694.9
83.9(75.3)		645.5
92.9(70.0)		 620.4
96.1(67.3)
Laminated PSP 425.9
104.5(104.5)		 314.9
73.9(77.3)		 274.1
87.0(67.3)		 278.5
101.6(68.4)		 292.2
104.9(71.7)
Highly foamed PE 378.1
101.7(101.7)		 340.0
89.9(91.4)		 240.4
70.7(64.7)		 220.5
91.7(59.3)		 212.0
96.1(57.0)
3.Metal products
Total
 15,764.5
106.2(106.2)		 15,364.2
97.5(103.5)		 14,666.6
95.5(98.8)		 15,258.9
104.0(102.8)		 14,746.6
96.6(99.3)
(1)Steel products
Sub-Total
 9,643.1
102.0(102.0)		 9,411.6
97.6(99.6)		 9,047.6
96.1(95.7)		 9,060.5
100.1(95.9)		 8,503.1
93.8(90.0)
Cans for foods 5,591.7
97.6(97.6)		 5,455.1
97.6(95.2)		 5,264.6
96.5(91.9)		 5,536.2
105.2(96.6)		 5,028.6
90.8(87.8)
18-liter pails 920.6
105.2(105.2)		 903.5
98.1(103.2)		 901.1
99.7(102.9)		 876.9
97.3(100.2)		 868.4
99.0(99.2)
Tin-plated containers 1,819.7
109.0(109.0)		 1,834.4
100.8(109.8)		 1,745.6
95.2(104.5)		 1,611.7
92.3(96.5)		 1,551.9
96.3(92.9)
High-pressure containers(bombs) 743.1
115.6(115.6)		 651.9
87.7(101.4)		 634.6
97.3(98.8)		 522.1
82.3(81.2)		 522.1
100.0(81.2)
Metal drums 568.0
106.5(106.5)		 566.7
99.8(106.2)		 501.7
88.5(94.1)		 513.6
102.4(96.3)		 532.1
103.6(99.8)
(2)Aluminum cans for drinks
Sub-Total
 4,470.4
104.7(107.7)		 4,474.0
100.1(107.8)		 4,417.7
98.7(106.4)		 4,943.1
111.9(119.1)		 5,119.4
103.6(123.3)
Bodies of drinking cans 2,168.3
107.9(107.9)		 2,328.2
107.4(115.9)		 2,312.8
99.3(115.1)		 2,527.0
109.3(125.8)		 2,708.0
107.2(134.8)
Lid materials of drinking cans 2,302.1
107.4(107.4)		 2,145.8
93.2(100.1)		 2,104.9
98.1(98.2)		 2,416.1
114.8(112.7)		 2,411.4
99.8(112.5)
(3)Other aluminum containers
Sub-Total
 818.41
94.1(194.1)		 659.1
80.5(156.3)		 406.9
61.7(96.5)		 493.9
121.4(117.1)		 371.1
75.1(88.0)
(4)Aluminum foil
Sub-Total
 673.1100.0(100.0) 665.3
98.8(98.8)		 624.9
93.9(92.8)		 595.7
95.3(88.5)		 587.3
98.6(87.2)
Aluminum foil for industrial use 540.1
99.0(99.0)		 535.4
99.1(98.1)		 501.8
93.7(92.0)		 478.5
95.4(87.7)		 473.1
98.9(86.7)
Aliminum foil for domestic use 133.0
104.2(104.2)		 129.9
97.7(101.7)		 123.1
94.8(96.4)		 117.2
95.2(91.8)		 114.2
97.4(89.4)
(5)Metal extrusion-molded tubes 159.5
106.7(106.7)		 154.2
109.9(113.4)		 169.5
109.9(113.4)		 165.7
97.8(110.8)		 165.7
100.0(110.8)
4.Glass products
Total
 2,483.4
97.7(95.4)		 2,419.9
97.4(93.0)		 2,512.6
103.8(96.5)		 2,267.2
90.2(87.1)
(1)Drinking bottles
Sub-Total
 1,205.5
95.8(95.8)		 1,163.9
96.5(92.5)		 1,197.5
102.9(95.1)		 1,294.2
108.1(102.8)		 1,151.5
89.0(91.5)
For alcoholic drinks 722.6
96.1(96.1)		 691.1
95.6(91.9)		 669.0
96.8(88.9)		 670.9
100.3(89.2)		 607.3
90.5(80.7)
For refreshing drinks 390.8
95.8(95.8)		 384.3
98.3(94.2)		 450.1
117.1(110.3)		 516.6
114.8(126.6)		 402.6
77.9( 98.7)
For favorite and nutritious drinks 92.1
93.5(93.5)		 88.5
96.1(89.8)		 78.4
88.6(79.6)		 106.7
136.1(108.3)		 141.6
132.7(143.8)
(2)Bottles for foods and condiments 502.7
99.1(99.1)		 499.3
99.3(98.5)		 481.3
96.4(94.9)		 476.9
99.1(94.0)		 442.1
92.7(87.2)
(3)Bottles for cosmetics 161.6
111.9(111.9)		 151.5
93.8(104.9)		 139.6
92.1(96.7)		 162.5
116.4(112.5)		 152.6
93.9(105.7)
(4)Vials for pharmaceuticals 673.0
97.1(97.1)		 668.7
99.4(96.5)		 601.5
90.0(86.8)		 579.0
96.3(83.5)		 521.0
90.0(75.2)
5.Wooden products
Total
 4,075.4
105.0(105.0)		 3,805.4
93.4(98.1)		 3,553.4
93.4(91.6)		 3,344.5
94,1( 86.2)		 3,344.5
100.0( 86.2)
(1)Wooden boxes 2,162.4
103.4(103.4)		 2,031.2
93.9(97.1)		 1,869.5
92.0(89.4)		 1,778.5
95.1(85.0)		 1,778.5
100.0(85.0)
(2)Wooden crates 226.3
105.2(105.2)		 213.5
94.3(99.3)		 200.8
94.1(93.4)		 176.9
88.1(82.2)		 176.9
100.0(82.2)
(3)Wooden shavings and products made of wooden shavings 67.1
93.7( 93.7)		 61.1
91.1( 85.3)		 54.6
89.4( 76.3)		 55.6
101.8(77.7)		 55.6
100.0(77.7)
(4)Wooden spools & holders 266.0
110.0(110.0)		 244.2
91.8(101.0)		 230.1
94.2(95.2)		 219.5
95.4(90.8)		 219.5
100.0(90.8)
(5)Wooden cooperages and barrels 56.9
112.2(112.2)		 55.3
97.2(109.1)		 59.7
108.0(117.8)		 50.2
84.1(99.0)		 50.2
100.0(99.0)
(6)Wooden box boards for boxes and Packing finish 1,292.4
107.2(107.2)		 1,195.0
92.5(99.1)		 1,135.0
95.0(94.1)		 1,061.4
93.5(88.0)		 1,061.4
100.0(88.0)
(7)Wood excelsior 4.3
100.0(100.0)		 5.1
118.6(118.6)		 3.7
72.5(86.0)		 2.4
64.9(55.8)		 2.4
100.0(55.8)
6.Txetile products
Total
 324.5
91.4(91.4)		 333.9
102.9(94.1)		 281.5
84.3(79.3)		 195.0
69.3(54.9)		 195.0
100.0(54.9)
(1)Hemp bags 33.6
76.2(76.2)		 30.8
91.7(69.8)		 22.4
72.7(50.8)		 15.3
68.3(34.7)		 15.3
100.0(34.7)
(2)Other textile bags 290.9
93.6(93.6)		 303.1
104.2(97.5)		 259.1
85.5(83.4)		 179.7
69.4(57.8)		 179.7
100.0(57.8)
7.Other packaging products
Total
3,766.7
105.8(105.8)		 4,250.9
112.9(119.4)		 3,897.3
91.7(109.5)		 3,787.5
97.2(106.4)		 3,836.6
101.3(107.8)
(1)Cellophane 245.5
103.1(103.1)		 228.9
93.2(96.1)		 202.4
88.4(85.0)		 201.0
99.3(84.4)		 187.7
93.4(78.8)
(2)Straw ropes 15.9
106.7(106.7)		 15.6
98.1(104.7)		 17.0
109.0(114.1)		 12.1
71.2(81.2)		 12.1
100.0(81.2)
(3)Other straw converted products 30.5
105.2(105.2)		 29.8
97.1(102.8) 		27.9
93.6(96.2)		 25.8
92.5(89.0)		 25.8
100.0(89.0)
(4)Bamboo & rattan containers 54.2
112.4(112.4)		 52.3
96.5(108.5)		 47.0
89.9(97.5)		 48.9
104.0(101.5)		 48.9
100.0(101.5)
(5)Closures 195.0
110.5(110.5)		 210.2
107.8(119.2)		 207.5
98.7(117.6)		 198.8
95.8(112.7)		 198.8
100.0(112.7)
(6)Gunmmed tapes 80.0
88.9(88.9)		 77.6
975.0(86.2)		 73.7
95.0(81.9)		 74.0
100.4(82.2)		 74.0
100.0(82.2)
(7)Pressure-sensitive tape 930.0
102.4(102.4)		 858.8
97.6(94.5)		 879.9
94.6(96.8)		 854.9
99.5(94.1)		 863.1
101.0(95.0)
(8)Pallets 916.2
110.5(110.5)		 951.4
103.8(114.8)		 744.9
78.3(89.9)		 669.9
89.9(80.8)		 669.9
100.0(80.8)
(9)Seals and Labels 1,019.2
105.4(105.4)		 1,559.5
153.0(161.3)		 1,530.2
98.1(158.3)		 1,530.2
100.0(158.3)		 1,589.9
103.9(164.4)
(10)Flexible containers
Sub-Total
 280.2
108.4(108.4)		 245.7
87.7(95.0)		 187.9
76.5(72.7)		 171.9
91.5(66.5)		 166.4
96.8(64.3)
Running type 133.1
109.1(109.1)		 121.1
91.0(99.3)		 74.6
61.6(61.1)		 66.0
88.5(54.1)		 64.4
97.6(52.8)
One-way-type 147.1
107.7(107.7)		 124.6
84.7(91.2)		 113.3
90.9(82.9)		 105.9
93.5(77.5)		 102.0
96.3(74.7)
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　

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