Table 5. Detailed Volume Shipment of
Packaging Materials and Containers (1991 to 1995)

Upper column: Volume shipment in 1000 tons
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 22,638.9
100.3(100.3)		 22,322.8
98.6(98.9)		 22,023.6
98.7(97.6)		 22,557.2
102.4(99.9)		 22,588.3
100.1(100.1)
1.Paper & paperboard products
Total
 12,570.0
101.3(101.3)		 12,435.1
98.9(100.2)		 12,345.5
99.3(99.5)		 12,745.6
103.2(102.7)		 12,953.3
101.6(104.4)
(1)Packaging papers
Sub-Total
 1,865.4
102.2(102.2)		 1,838.5
98.6(100.7)		 1,811.0
98.5(99.2)		 1,846.3
101.9(101.1)		 1,771.6
96.0(97.0)
Printing papers 77.2
105.3(105.3)		 77.1
99.9(105.2)		 75.3
97.7(102.7)		 77.6
103.1(105.9)		 83.9
108.1(114.5)
Non-bleached kraft papers 290.4
101.1(101.1)		 287.3
98.9(100.0)		 276.8
96.3(96.3)		 274.1
99.0(95.4)		 262.9
95.9(91.5)
Bleached kraft papers 436.0
97.2(97.2)		 423.4
97.1(94.4)		 410.3
96.9(91.4)		 401.4
97.8(89.5)		 401.4
100.0(89.5)
Tissue papers 87.4
101.1(101.1)		 88.2
100.9(102.0)		 55.7
63.2(64.4)		 53.8
96.6(62.2)		 58.1
108.0(67.2)
Converted papers for packaging 860.0
104.9(104.9)		 856.5
99.6(104.5)		 895.6
104.6(109.2)		 943.7
105.4(115.1)		 868.2
92.0(105.9)
Womp and other paperboards 114.4
103.7(103.7)		 106.0
92.7(96.1)		 97.3
91.8(88.2)		 95.7
98.4(86.8)		 97.1
101.5(88.0)
(2)Base paper for kraft heavy-duty bags 438.4
98.6(98.6)		 405.9
92.6(91.3)		 388.7
95.8(87.4)		 389.4
100.2(87.6)		 413.8
106.3(93.1)
(3)Base paper for corrugated fiberboard 8,431.1
101.4(101.4)		 8,416.9
99.8(101.2)		 8,430.9
100.2(101.4)		 8,776.3
104.1(105.5)		 9,024.6
102.8(108.5)
(4)Base paper for paper tubes 293.2
102.8(102.8)		 278.1
94.8(97.5)		 266.9
96.0(93.6)		 269.2
100.9(94.4)		 288.6
107.2(101.2)
(5)Base paper for paperboard containers
Sub-total
 1,541.9
100.5(100.5)		 1,495.7
97.0(97.5)		 1,448.0
96.8(94.4)		 1,464.4
101.1(95.5)		 1,454.7
99.3(94.8)
Manila board 452.3
100.5(100.5)		 437.1
96.6(97.1)		 428.3
98.0(95.2)		 425.3
99.3(94.5)		 412.1
96.9(91.6)
White board 768.2
101.4(101.4)		 755.6
98.4(99.8)		 741.5
98.1(97.9)		 765.2
103.2(101.0)		 775.7
101.4(102.4)
Yellow paperboard 20.1
88.2(88.2)		 18.6
92.5(81.6)		 15.2
81.7(66.7)		 15.5
102.0(68.0)		 13.6
87.7(59.6)
Chip board 188.1
101.4(101.4) 		179.3
95.3(96.7)		 165.8
92.5(89.4)		 162.6
98.1(87.7)		 159.1
97.8(85.8)
Color paperboard 113.2
95.8( 95.8)		 105.1
92.8( 88.9)		 97.2
92.5( 82.2)		 95.8
98.6(81.0)		 94.2
98.3(79.7)
2.Plastic products
Total
 3,243.5
99.3(99.3)		 3,285.8
101.3(100.6)		 3,278.7
99.8(100.4)		 3,316.1
101.1(101.6)		 3,410.8
102.9(104.5)
(1)Films & sheets
Sub-Total
 1,631.3
101.1(101.1)		 1,603.2
98.3( 99.3)		 1,672.7
104.3(103.6)		 1,682.1
100.6(104.2)		 1,707.6
101.5(105.8)
LDPE 564.9
100.0(100.0)		 551.2
97.6(97.6)		 550.7
99.9(97.5)		 549.6
99.8(97.3)		 560.0
101.9(99.1)
EVA 49.0
( - )		 51.6
105.3( - )		 56.1
108.7( - )
HDPE 254.1
100.0(100.0)		 252.6
99.4(99.4)		 258.0
102.1(101.5)		 252.7
97.9(99.4)		 244.9
96.9(96.3)
PP 337.4
110.7(110.7)		 302.3
89.6(99.1)		 305.3
101.0(100.1)		 297.6
97.5(97.6)		 303.8
102.1(99.6)
Soft PVC 124.4
91.7(91.7)		 134.8
108.4(99.4)		 141.2
104.7(104.1)		 125.9
89.2(92.8)		 124.8
99.1(92.0)
Hard PVC 121.3
100.2(100.2)		 120.5
99.3(99.6)		 100.8
83.7(83.3)		 91.7
91.0(75.8)		 87.2
95.1(72.1)
PS 194.6
96.2(96.2)		 200.2
102.9(99.0)		 216.1
107.9(106.8)		 239.8
111.0(118.5)		 244.5
102.0(120.9)
A-PET 3.8
211.1(211.1)		 10.0
263.2(555.6)		 15.9
159.0(883.3)		 35.0
220.1(944.4)		 44.3
126.6(461.0)
C-PET 0.3
75.0(75.0)		 0.3
100.0(75.0)		 0.4
133.3(100.0)		 0.4
100.0(100.0)		 0.5
125.0(125.0)
PET films 29.1
105.8(105.8)		 30.5
104.8(110.9)		 34.6
113.4(125.8)		 36.9
106.6(134.2)		 40.5
109.8(147.3)
Polycarbonate 1.4
100.0(100.0)		 0.8
57.1(57.1)		 0.7
87.5(50.0)		 0.9
128.6(64.3)		 1.0
111.1(71.4)
(2)Blow-molded containers
Sub-Total
 402.6
103.0(103.0)		 379.9
94.4(97.2)		 373.7
98.4(95.6)		 411.8
110.2(105.3)		 428.8
104.1(109.7)
Hard PVC 30.2
94.1(94.1)		 28.5
94.4(88.8)		 24.8
87.0(77.3)		 23.1
93.1(72.0)		 20.2
87.4(62.9)
PE 211.2
101.2(101.2)		 174.3
82.5(83.6)		 162.7
93.3(78.0)		 172.5
106.0(82.7)		 198.5
115.1(95.2)
PP 35.4
105.4(105.4)		 40.0
113.0(119.0)		 39.5
98.8(117.6)		 40.4
102.3(120.2)		 37.3
92.3(111.0)
PET 125.8
107.8(107.8)		 137.1
109.0(117.5)		 146.7
107.0(125.7)		 175.8
119.8(150.6)		 172.8
98.3(148.1)
(3)Injection-molded container
Sub-Total
 323.6
85.3(85.3)		 433.1
133.8(114.2)		 420.9
97.2(110.9)		 426.1
101.2(112.3)		 445.7
104.6(117.5)
LDPE 75.2
- ( - )		 71.9
95.6( - )		 76.1
105.8( - )		 73.2
96.2( - )
EVA 12.0
- ( - )		 11.5
95.8( - )		 12.3
107.0( - )
HDPE 104.2
89.4(89.4)		 69.2
66.4(59.4)		 61.1
88.3(52.4)		 55.0
90.0( 47.2)		 58.7
106.7( 50.4)
PP 65.0
72.1(72.1)		 141.0
216.9(156.5)		 140.4
99.6(155.8)		 152.2
108.4(168.9)		 175.5
115.3(194.8)
PS 154.4
89.4(89.4)		 147.7
95.7(85.5)		 135.5
91.7(78.4)		 131.3
96.9(76.0)		 126.0
96.0(72.9)
(4)Extrusion-molded containers 42.2
- ( - )		 40.9
96.9( - )		 42.3
103.4( - )		 45.3
107.1( - )
LDPE 42.2
- ( - )		 40.9
96.9( - )		 42.3
103.4( - )		 45.3
107.1( - )
(5)Soft laminated products
Sub-Total
 295.8
99.7(99.7)		 264.7
89.5(89.2)		 252.0
95.2(84.9)		 247.7
98.3(83.5)		 264.9
106.9( 89.3)
LDPE 253.2
99.2(99.2)		 224.3
88.6(87.9)		 211.1
94.1(82.7)		 202.7
96.0(79.4)		 215.0
106.1(84.2)
PP 42.6
102.4(102.4)		 40.4
94.8(97.1)		 40.9
101.2(98.3)		 45.0
110.0(108.2)		 49.9
110.9(120.0)
(6)Flat yarns
Sub-Total
 189.5
96.0( 96.0)		 200.1
105.6(101.4)		 166.0
83.0( 84.1)		 156.8
94.5( 79.5)		 159.3
101.6( 80.7)
HDPE 46.5
96.5(96.5)		 69.7
149.9(144.6)		 43.9
63.0(91.1)		 42.4
96.6(88.0)		 42.7
100.7(88.6)
PP 143.0
95.9(95.9)		 130.4
91.2(87.5)		 122.1
93.6(81.9)		 114.4
93.7(76.7)		 116.6
101.9(78.2)
(7)Foamed products
Sub-Total
 400.7
103.6(103.6)		 362.6
90.5(93.8)		 352.5
97.2(91.2)		 349.3
99.1(90.4)		 359.2
102.8(92.9)
PS bead molded products 205.9
101.5(101.5)		 189.1
91.8(93.2)		 177.8
94.0(87.7)		 172.8
97.2(85.2)		 177.3
102.6(87.4)
PSP 118.2
107.7(107.7)		 107.6
91.0(98.0)		 110.3
102.5(100.5)		 111.3
100.9(101.4)		 112.8
101.3(102.7)
Laminated PSP 50.7
104.5(104.5)		 40.9
80.7(84.3)		 43.5
106.4(89.7)		 44.2
101.6(91.1)		 47.9
108.4(98.8)
Highly foamed PE 25.9
101.6(101.6)		 25.0
96.5(98.0)		 20.9
93.6(82.0)		 21.0
100.5(82.4)		 21.2
101.0(83.1)
3.Metal products
Total
 2,838.8
100.7(98.7)		 2,773.1
97.9(98.5)		 2,741.3
98.9(97.4)		 2,830.8
103.3(100.6)		 2,719.5
96.1(96.6)
(1)Steel products
Sub-Toptal
 2,390.6
98.7(98.7)		 2,330.0
97.5(96.2)		 2,315.9
99.4(95.6)		 2,349.1
101.4(97.0)		 2,224.4
94.7(91.8)
Cans for foods 1,161.7
96.2(96.2)		 1,165.1
100.3(96.5)		 1,190.7
102.2(98.6)		 1,288.4
108.2(106.7)		 1,170.3
90.8(97.0)
18-liter pails 380.2
102.9(102.9)		 355.7
93.6(96.2)		 346.3
97.4(93.7)		 347.0
100.2(93.9)		 343.4
99.0(92.9)
Tin-plated containers 261.6
98.2(98.2)		 253.3
96.8(95.0)		 247.0
97.5(92.7)		 234.3
94.9(87.9)		 225.6
96.3(84.7)
High-pressure containers(bombs) 222.8
93.9(93.9)		 199.0
89.3(83.9)		 237.0
119.1(99.9)		 165.0
69.6(69.6)		 165.0
100.0(69.6)
Metal drums 364.3
106.4(106.4)		 356.9
98.0(104.2)		 294.9
82.6(86.1)		 314.4
106.6(91.8)		 320.1
101.8(93.5)
(2)Aluminum cans for drinks
Sub-Total
 317.6
107.8(107.8)		 327.6
103.1(111.2)		 328.4
100.2(111.5)		 377.0
114.8(128.0)		 400.7
106.3(136.1)
Bodies of drinking cans 165.4
108.7(108.7)		 177.0
107.0(116.3)		 180.1
101.8(118.3)		 200.1
111.1(131.5)		 224.2
112.0(147.3)
Lid materials of drinking cans 152.2
107.0(107.0)		 150.6
98.9(105.8)		 148.3
62.8(101.3)		 176.9
119.3(124.3)		 176.5
99.8(124.0)
(3)Other aluminum containers
Sub-Total
 58.41
94.7(194.7)		 48.4
82.9(161.3)		 30.4
62.8(101.3)		 37.7
124.0(125.7)		 29.2
77.5(97.3)
(4)Aluminum foil
Sub-Total
 67
99.7(99.7)		 67.1
99.9(99.6)		 66.6
99.3(98.8)		 67.0
100.6(99.4)		 65.2
97.3(96.7)
Aluminum foil for use in the packaging industry 52.8
98.7(98.7)		 52.9
100.2(98.9)		 52.3
98.9(97.8)		 52.7
100.8(98.5)		 51.4
97.5(96.1)
Aluminum foil for domestic use 14.4
103.6(103.6)		 14.2
98.6(102.2)		 14.3
100.7(102.9)		 14.3
100.0(102.9)		 13.8
96.5(99.3)
4.Glass products
Total
 2,434.4
93.8(93.8)		 2,364.5
97.1(91.1)		 2,333.8
98.7(89.9)		 2,439.1
104.5(93.9)		 2,236.6
91.7(86.1)
(1)Drinking bottles
Sub-Total
 1,257.5
92.6(92.6)		 1,215.0
96.6(89.5)		 1,264.2
104.0(93.1)		 1,374.0
108.7(101.2)		 1,238.6
90.1(91.2)
For alcoholic drinks 764.6
92.9(92.9)		 731.2
95.6(88.9)		 718.1
98.2(87.3)		 711.3
99.1(86.5)		 639.9
90.9(77.8)
For refreshing drinks 404.0
93.2(93.2)		 395.2
97.8(91.2)		 462.7
117.1(106.8)		 546.2
118.0(126.1)		 449.2
82.2(103.7)
For favorite and nutritious drinks 88.9
87.2(87.2)		 88.6
99.7(86.9)		 83.4
94.1(81.8)		 116.5
139.7(114.3)		 149.5
128.3(146.7)
(2)Bottles for foods and condiments 493.0
96.6(96.6)		 480.1
97.4(94.1)		 468.4
97.6(91.8)		 476.1
101.6(93.3)		 455.5
95.7(89.3)
(3)Containers for cosmetics 41.1
90.3(90.3)		 34.2
83.2(75.2)		 30.0
87.1(65.9)		 41.5
138.3(91.2)		 40.3
97.1(88.6)
(4)Vials for pharmaceuticals 642.8
94.1(94.1)		 635.2
93.8(93.0)		 571.2
89.9(83.6)		 547.5
95.9(80.2)		 502.2
91.7(73.5)
5.Wooden products
Total
(in 1000 tons)
 1,476.5
104.0(104.6)		 1,388.5
94.0(98.3)		 1,257.5
90.6(89.1)		 1,167.5
92.8(82.7)		 1,212.5
103.9(85.9)
(in 10,000m3)
 295.3
104.6(104.6)		 277.7
94.0(98.3)		 251.5
90.6(89.1)		 233.5
92.8(82.7)		 242.5
103.9(85.9)
Wooden boxes
(in 10,000m3)
 185.8
103.0(103.0) 		175.1
94.2(97.1)		 160.7
91.8(89.1)		 146.2
91.0(81.0)		 151.9
103.9(84.2)
Wooden box boards for boxes and
packaging finish
(in 10,000m3)
 109.5
107.4(107.4)		 102.6
93.7(100.6)		 90.8
88.5(89.0)		 87.3
96.1(85.6)		 90.6
103.8(88.8)
6.Other packaging products
Total
 80.7
103.9(103.9)		 75.8
93.9(97.6)		 66.8
88.1(86.0)		 58.1
87.0(74.8)		 55.6
95.7(71.6)
(1)Cellophane 47.9
100.2(100.2)		 42.9
89.6(89.7)		 37.9
88.3(79.3)		 37.4
98.7(78.2)		 34.9
93.3(73.0)
(2)Straw ropes 32.8
109.7(109.7)		 32.9
100.3(110.0)		 28.9
87.8(96.7)		 20.7
71.6(69.2)		 20.7
100.0(69.2)
(3)Pressure-sensitive tape
(in million m3)
 786.0
102.4(102.4)		 773.9
98.5(100.8)		 765.3
98.9(99.7)		 779.9
101.9(101.6)		 792.7
101.6(103.2)
(4)Flexible containers
Sub-Total
(in 10,000 pieces)
469.9
103.3(103.3)		 427.5
86.0(88.9)		 393.7
92.1(81.8)		 389.0
98.8(80.9)		 368.2
94.7(76.5)
Running type
(in 10,000 pieces)
 43.1
101.9(101.9)		 39.8
92.3(94.1) 		27.1
68.1(64.1)		 26.0
95.9(61.5)		 25.4
97.7(60.0)
One-way type
(in 10,000 pieces)
 453.8
103.4(103.4)		 387.7
85.4(88.4)		 366.6
94.6(83.5)		363.0
99.0(82.7)		 342.8
94.4(78.1)

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