STATISTICS

August 2008 Production by the Japanese Electronics Industry

Source: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) (million yen, % = in comparison with the previous year)
Item August 2008 2008 total to date
        Amount % Amount %
Consumer electronic equipment 194,273 93.4 1,809,627 109.7    
Industrial electronic equipment 445,512 81.4 4,316,944 91.4    
  Communications equipment 164,917 72.8 1,835,559 94.5    
  Telecommunications systems 40,508 87.6 403,549 105.8    
  Radio communication systems 124,409 69.0 1,432,010 91.7    
  Computers and related equipment 157,490 89.5 1,377,535 94.5    
  Electronic application equipment 70,484 87.1 651,581 92.5    
  Electric measuring instrumentation 32,131 76.1 302,948 74.0    
  Electronic business machines 20,490 95.7 149,321 70.9    
Electronic components and devices 791,923 90.3 6,744,271 99.6    
  Electronic components 244,103 87.3 2,161,881 96.1    
  Passive components 78,680 83.2 683,812 93.4    
  Connecting components 69,418 93.3 619,418 101.6    
  Electronic boards 70,722 89.0 628,756 95.3    
  Transducers 3,164 91.8 27,764 98.7    
  Others 22,119 79.5 202,131 92.0    
  Electronic devices 547,820 91.7 4,582,390 101.3    
  Electronic tubes 31,787 101.6 244,178 101.4    
  Discrete semiconductors 88,088 96.4 760,359 103.2    
  Integrated circuits (ICs) 259,686 79.2 2,314,165 93.8    
  Liquid crystal devices (LCDs) 168,259 114.6 1,263,688 117.1    
TOTAL 1,431,708 87.7 12,870,842 97.9