CHEMICAL INDUSTRY OF JAPAN 2018...5 Chemical Industry of Japan 2018 Trend of shipments composition in chemical industry（1995-2016） Shipment by products/Major indices Chemical products

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1 Chemical Industry of Japan 2018

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Value of shipments（2016） Source: METI [Census of Manufactures]

Amount of value added（2016） Source: METI [Census of Manufactures]

R&D expenditures（2016） Source: MIC [Survey of Research and Development] Capital investment（2017）Source: MOF [Financial Statements Statistics of

Corporations by Industry]

Shipments of major countries（2016） Source：ACC [Guide to the Business ofChemistry 2017]

Number of employees（2017） Source: METI [Census of Manufactures]

Japan’s chemical industry viewedby figures and graphs

0

10,000

30,000

50,000

300,000

Totalmanufacturing

FoodsChemical industryincluding plastic and

rubber products

Transportationmachinery

21.5%

13.9%9.4%

42 trillion yen

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,800

2,000

GermanyJapanUnited StatesChina

262.0

64,991

28,426

302,0361907.0

767.8

236.0

42,127

（$ billion）

（persons）

（¥ billion）

（¥ billion）

（¥ billion）（¥ billion）

260 billion dollars,

the3rd in the world

Totalmanufacturing


rubber products


0

10,000

20,000

100,000

18.2% 17.2%10.1%

97,232

11,574

17,724

2,925

9,781

1,357

16,686

2,552

0

1,000

2,000

10,000

Totalmanufacturing

Information and communication

electronic equipment

Chemical industryincluding plastic and

rubber products


0

1,000

2,000

10,000

Totalmanufacturing


rubber products


25.3% 22.1%11.7%

15,060

2,602

1,6521,70817.3% 11.3%

11.0%

Note: Value added = Production amount – Cost for using raw materials – Domestic consumption tax – Depreciation cost, etc

17trillion yen

2.6 trillion yen 1.7trillion yen

0

1,000,000

2,000,000

8,000,000

Totalmanufacturing


rubber products


Foods

14.9% 14.0% 11.8%

894,8871,057,2121,130,444

7,571,369

89 thousand employees

2Chemical Industry of Japan 2018

Japan’s chemical industry viewed by figures and graphs Japan’s chemical industry supports people’s lives and other industries　 Shipments　 Shipment by products/Major indices　 Shipment, number of employed workers and number of facilities by prefecture　 Number of employed workers　 Labor productivity/Working hours　 Operating profit margin

Japan’s chemical industry supports people’s lives and other industries

Japan’s chemical industry supports innovation across entire industries by supplying materials which offer a wide range of functionality as basic ingredients for many different types of industry.The products which are then generated bring about improvements in people’s lives in every realm, the purification of water and the environment, better utilization of renewable energy, energy saving and resource saving, development of an information-based society, the advancement of medical care, a stable food supply, and the recycling of waste. They also make a significant contribution in terms of sustainable development. Such a diversified contribution is a distinctive feature of the chemical industry, one that is never seen in other industries, and one that demonstrates the infinite potential of chemistry.

The total shipments and amount of value added of “chemical industry including plastic and rubber products” amounted to Yen 42 trillion and Yen 17 trillion, respectively, in 2016, ranking those as the second biggest industry that contributes to the Japanese economy following the transportation machinery. The number of employees is more than 890,000. Thus, the industry significantly supports the people’s lives also in employment. Although it may be difficult for people to understand overall chemical industry because it manufactures diverse products*, we introduce the industry with data and graphs in this “Chemical Industry of Japan”.

*Since the chemical industry is vast, with wide range and scope of work, content may vary depending on different classifications. Therefore, in this brochure, we have conformed to Japan Standard Industrial Classification (second classification: chemical industry). Detail of content is described on Page 5. When the standard differs, we have provided footnotes.

Chemical industryenriches Japan !

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Smartp

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Clothes

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Fertilizer

Cosmetics

LED light

Food tr

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Toothp

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Rech

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atteries/Fuel efficient tires

Solar panels

Flat-p

anel television


Value of shipments by manufacturing industry in 2016（¥ billion）

ShipmentsTotal shipment value of chemical industry ranks 2nd in manufacturing industries amounting to 42 trillion yen.

0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000

Rubber products

Information and communicationelectronic equipment

Non-ferrous metals& products

Business oriented machinery

General-purpose machinery

Petroleum & coal products

Plastic products

Fabricated metal products

Electronic parts, devicesand electronic circuits

Iron & steel

Electrical machinery

Production machinery

Chemical industry

Foods


rubber products

Transportation machinery 64,991（21.5%）

28,426（9.4%）

18,107（6.0%）

16,388（5.4%）

15,669（5.2%）

14,532（4.8%）

14,339（4.8%）

11,581（3.8%）

11,125（3.7%）

8,889（2.9%）

7,130（2.4%）

6,755（2.2%）

42,127（13.9%）

27,250（9.0%）

1%

Rubber products

Plastic products 3.9%

Chemical industry9%

11,764（3.9%）

3,113（1.0%）


Trend in shipment value（1995-2016）

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

70000

2016201520142010200520001995

（¥ billion）

（Year）

（Source）（Note）1

2

METI [Census of Manufactures] (Establishments with 4 or more persons engaged)Electrical machinery was divided into electrical machinery, information and communication electronic equipment, and electronic parts and devices in 2002.Industrial machinery was divided into general-purpose machinery, production machinery, and business oriented machinery in 2008.Electronic circuits have been added to electronic parts and devices since 2011.Because “other revenues” have been added to the amount of total shipment since the survey conducted in 2007, the total shipment amount cannot be compared with that in 2006.

Transportation machinery

Foods

Chemical industryincludingplastic andrubber products

Chemical industry

Plastic products

Rubber products

Electrical machineryProduction machinery

Non-ferrous metals & products



Industrial machinery

Information andcommunicationelectronic equipment

Iron & steel

Petroleum & coal products


Business orientedmachinery

General-purposemachinery

（¥ billion）

1995 2000 2005 2010 2014 2015 2016Every 5th year Recent three years

23,36310,530

3,27537,16824,117

7,63514,073

6,49617,64629,884

– – –

54,831 – –

44,21569,965

306,030

Chemical industryPlastic productsRubber productsChemical industry including plastic and rubber productsFoodsPetroleum & coal productsIron & steelNon-ferrous metals & productsFabricated metal productsIndustrial machineryGeneral-purpose machinery Production machinery Business oriented machinery Electrical machinery Information and communication electronic equipmentElectronic parts, devices and electronic circuitsTransportation machinery OthersTotal manufacturing

23,76210,486

3,10737,35623,888

9,43411,927

6,19115,14329,972

– – –

59,449 – –

44,36762,752

300,478

25,02710,906

3,02939,03222,67813,42916,896

6,71214,01631,211

– – –

18,81211,54318,26554,00048,760

295,346

26,12110,903

3,02940,14424,11414,99218,146

8,91112,292

– 10,10013,646

6,87315,12012,58516,63354,21441,338

289,108

28,12311,533

3,20742,86225,93618,65919,202

9,42213,933

– 10,10316,591

7,03417,032

8,62813,81860,06341,857

305,140

28,62211,767

3,49943,88828,10214,55517,842

9,68014,306

– 10,82317,837

7,31117,366

8,65214,78864,65443,324

313,128

27,25011,764

3,11342,12728,42611,58115,669

8,88914,399

– 11,12518,107

7,13016,388

6,75514,53264,99141,917

302,036

9.0%3.9%1.0%

13.9%9.4%3.8%5.2%2.9%4.8%

– 3.7%6.0%2.4%5.4%2.2%4.8%

21.5%13.9%

100.0%

Industry

Year


Trend of shipments composition in chemical industry（1995-2016）

Shipment by products/Major indicesChemical products meet the needs of various fields.

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

2016201520142010200520001995

Organic chemicals

Inorganic chemicals

Fertilizers

Chemical fibers

End products

34.0

6.41.4

3.8

54.4

35.0

6.11.2

3.1

54.4

37.7

6.41.1

1.8

53.0

39.7

6.91.2

52.2

42.4

6.71.1

49.7

39.4

6.8

52.7

1.1

34.2

7.3

57.4

1.0

9,316

2,002

15,655

277

Total27,250

（%）（¥ billion）


2

METI [Census of Manufactures] (Establishments with 4 or more persons engaged)Statistics of facilities with four or more employees.Chemical fibers have been moved to textile industry since 2008.

（Year）

1995 2000 2005 2010 2014 2015 2016Every 5th year Recent three years

1.46.4

34.02.65.56.9

14.01.73.33.8

54.44.04.6

25.71.66.41.04.66.6100

1.26.1

35.02.97.16.1

13.61.53.83.1

54.63.54.1

27.01.46.01.04.47.2100

1.16.4

37.76.36.17.6

11.02.04.71.8

53.04.13.7

28.01.15.61.02.57.0100

1.26.9

39.76.65.96.8

13.21.65.5

–52.2

4.24.0

28.11.05.31.21.7

6.81100

1.16.7

42.48.75.17.6

13.02.06.0

–49.7

3.83.4

27.01.35.01.31.16.8100

1.16.7

39.45.95.47.4

12.81.96.0

–52.7

3.93.4

29.21.25.41.21.27.2100

1.07.3

34.26.44.74.9

11.31.85.2

–57.5

4.23.8

31.11.36.61.41.37.7

100

FertilizersInorganic chemicalsOrganic chemicals

　▶Basic petrochemicals　▶Aliphatic intermediates　▶Cyclic intermediates, dyestuff, pigment　▶Plastics　▶Synthetic rubbers　▶Other organic chemicalsChemical fibersEnd products

　▶Oil and fats, soap, detergents, surfactants　▶Paints　▶Drugs & medicines　▶Agricultural chemicals　▶Cosmetics, toothpaste, other cosmetics　▶Gelatins & adhesives　▶Photo-sensitized materials　▶Other chemical end productsChemical industry

62.928.3

8.8

100

63.628.1

8.3

100

64.127.9

7.9

100

65.327.2

7.5

100

65.626.9

7.5

100

65.226.8

8.0

100

64.727.9

7.4

100

Chemical industryPlastic productsRubber products

Chemical industry in broad sense(including plastic and rubber products)

Industry

Year


Fertilizers

1.0%

Composition of chemical products shipped in 2016

Major chemical industry indices with breakdown by product in 2016

Inorganicchemicals

7.3%

Organicchemicals

34.2%

End products

57.4%

Industry

145786741

1167

136233

18276

2,927275377768

76474137

40780

4,599

4,59912,349

2,384

19,332

3,95234,39191,714

5,18310,12013,74732,789

6,56623,309

227,97014,65616,15897,796

4,98939,152

6,2247,871

41,124358,027

358,027425,035111,825

894,887

2772,0029,3161,7321,2721,3283,072

4951,417

15,6551,1551,0438,468

3561,796

374356

2,10727,250

27,25011,764

3,113

42,127

70755

2,746309511385912174455

7,493555432

4,388144991119119745

11,064

11,0644,2601,362

16,686

23.863.912.3

100

40.047.512.5

100

64.727.9

7.4

100

66.325.5

8.2

100

3.217.116.1

0.21.53.05.10.46.0

63.66.08.2

16.71.7

10.33.00.9

17.0100

1.19.6

25.61.42.83.89.21.86.5

63.74.14.5

27.31.4

10.91.72.2

11.5100

1.07.3

34.26.44.74.9

11.31.85.2

57.44.23.8

31.11.36.61.41.37.7100

0.66.8

24.82.84.63.58.21.64.1

67.75.03.9

39.71.39.01.11.16.7

100


　▶Basic petrochemicals　▶Aliphatic intermediates　▶Cyclic intermediates, dyestuff, pigment　▶Plastics　▶Synthetic rubbers　▶Other organic chemicalsEnd products

　▶Oil and fats, soap, detergents, surfactants　▶Paints　▶Drugs & medicines　▶Agricultural chemicals　▶Cosmetics, toothpaste, other cosmetics　▶Gelatins & adhesives　▶Photo-sensitized materials　▶Other chemical end productsChemical industry


Chemical industry in broad sense(including plastic and rubber products)

Number of facilities

Major indices, Composition

Number of employees Value of shipments Amount of value added ％（Persons）％（Persons）％（¥ billion）％（¥ billion）

Basic petrochemicals 6.4%

Aliphatic intermediates 4.7%

Cyclic intermediates,dyestuff, pigment 4.9%

Plastics 11.3%

Synthetic rubbers 1.8%

Other organic chemicals 5.2%

Oil and fats, soap, detergents, surfactants 4.2%Paints 3.8%

Drug & medicines 31.1%

Agricultural chemicals 1.3%

6.6%Cosmetics, toothpaste,other cosmetics

Gelatins & adhesives 1.4%

Photo-sensitized materials 1.3%

Other chemical end products 7.7%


Shipment, number of employed workers and number of facilities by prefecture in 2016.

Shipments of chemical products by prefecture in 2016

Hokkaido

Chiba

Ibaraki

Fukushima

Yamagata Miyagi

Akita Iwate

Aomori

TochigiGunmaNagano

Saitama

TokyoYamanashi

KanagawaShizuokaAichi

Gifu

Mie

Shiga

Toyama

Ishikawa

Fukui

Niigata

Hyogo

KyotoOkayamaHiroshima

TottoriShimane

Yamaguchi

SagaFukuokaNagasaki

OsakaNara

Wakayama

Tokushima

Kochi

KagawaEhime

Oita

Miyazaki

Kagoshima

Kumamoto

Okinawa

Over ¥2 trillion

¥1.5 trillion - ¥2 trillion

¥1 trillion - ¥1.5 trillion

¥500 billion - ¥1 trillion

¥100 billion - ¥500 billion

Less than ¥100 billionValue of shipments TOP10 Number of facilities TOP10

Ranking

Number of employees TOP10

000

Shipment, number of employed workersand number of facilities by prefecture

（Source）METI [Census of Manufactures] (Establishments with 4 or more persons engaged.)

21,90919,98619,85318,77417,26116,44115,46614,14011,91011,06110,139

9,6227,2456,7305,7545,6255,3584,9394,7724,3364,0253,7573,6393,020

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101112131415161718192021222324

ChibaHyogoOsakaKanagawaShizuokaYamaguchiSaitamaIbarakiAichiMieShigaOkayamaToyamaTochigiNiigataGunmaTokushimaFukushimaOitaFukuokaHiroshimaTokyoWakayamaEhime

21,24622,50830,14421,71923,08414,81722,27715,26214,34814,754

7,36611,26014,699

6,3788,0508,6696,9957,8213,0748,0265,949

10,6965,4183,735

92.9%102.9%100.1%

98.0%103.4%

91.5%91.2%87.9%

100.6%89.3%

104.0%89.2%

101.7%104.3%

96.2%76.5%

100.1%95.8%79.4%81.0%96.8%77.5%

102.7%84.7%

237287521249187

89337195217119109113117

867386429934

13389

2007649

2,9932,7012,5362,0611,9711,8741,8261,7161,4621,4461,1851,125

779738728398377245126

8180

– –

2526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647

GifuYamagataFukuiKyotoSagaHokkaidoIshikawaKagawaMiyazakiKumamotoNaraNaganoAkitaMiyagiIwateYamanashiAomoriKagoshimaNagasakiKochiOkinawaShimaneTottori

5,8473,2183,5395,6492,6063,4242,2733,3961,7763,8263,4981,7861,5191,6181,5091,075

564418375254727801

34

93.1%99.1%

112.1%106.4%104.6%

96.2%124.6%114.6%

87.3%69.5%

111.5%84.6%94.3%86.1%

136.5%93.1%99.2%92.8%

153.0%109.7%

72.8% – –

873257

1133591314320457240134122181418121328

73

1

7

7

453

2

6

10 8

3

3 1 1

9

10 9

6

10

2

9

5

4

42

87

8

6

5

PrefectureValue of

shipments(¥100million)

Change from 2015

Number of employees

Number of facilities Prefecture

Value ofshipments

(¥100million)Change from

2015Number of employees

Number of facilities

272,496 0 358,027 4,599Total


Number of employed workersOver 890,000 workers are employed making the industry to rank 3rdamong manufacturing industries.

Changes in the number of employees by manufacturing industry（1995-2017）



Chemical industryincludingplastic andrubber products

Rubber products

Chemical industry

Plastic products

General-purposemachinery


Ceramics, clay &stone products





Foods

Iron & steel

Printing & allied

Industrial machinery

（Persons）

（Persons）

0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

700,000

800,000

900,000

1,000,000

1,100,000

1,200,000

2017201620142010200520001995 （Year）


2 3

METI [Census of Manufactures] (Establishments with 4 or more persons engaged)Electrical machinery was divided into electrical machinery, information and communication electronic equipment, and electronic parts and devices in 2002.Industrial machinery was divided into general-purpose machinery, production machinery, and business oriented machinery in 2008.Electronic circuits have been added to electronic parts and devices since 2011.The figures for 2015 are not published.

392,109448,939151,601

992,649

1,136,236541,688 429,023296,824816,694

1,086,575 – – – –

1,750,103 –

913,5353,443,831

10,320,583

365,953433,177131532

930,662

1,127,177502,184363,997236,525722,425

1,037,079 – – – –

1,573,683 –

849,5172,877,6639,183,833

342,481436,897124,613

903,991

1,104,292340,890293,013213,056657,942983,449

– – –

490,140559,413205,331944,352

2,444,5728,156,992

344,968420,179117,176

882,323

1,122,817299,038250,001219,983578,559

– 324,636543,070211,834452,169483,979212,466948,824

1,134,1487,663,847

343,416405,938110,987

860,341

1,112,433268,880237,733214,988576,707

– 308,841550,642204,404382,110481,936151,851980,505

1,071,898 7,403,269

348,895411,676114,775

875,346

1,109,819263,891242,816209,748583,664

–306,415564,958210,084381,686482,552136,141

1,041,4521,089,2207,497,792

358,027425,035111,825

894,887

1,130,444260,164236,031215,684591,865

–319,153587,805207,537395,551477,529128,715

1,057,2121,068,792 7,571,369


Chemical industry including plastic and rubber products

FoodsPrinting & alliedCeramics, clay & stone productsIron & steelFabricated metal productsIndustrial machinery General-purpose machinery Production machinery Business oriented machineryElectronic parts, devices and electronic circuitsElectrical machineryInformation and communication electronic equipmentTransportation machineryOthersTotal manufacturing

4.7%5.6%1.5%

11.8%

14.9%3.4%3.1%2.8%7.8%

– 4.2%7.8%2.7%5.2%6.3%1.7%

14.0%14.1%

100.0%

1995 2000 2005 2014 2016 2017Every 5th year Recent three years

Industry

Year

2010


Labor productivity/Working hours

Index of labor productivity（1995-2017）

Working hours （monthly average of total net working hours）（1995-2017）

（Year）

（Year）

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

2017201620152010200520001995

Chemical industry

Total manufacturing

140

150

160

170

201720152010200520001995

Chemicalindustry

Totalmanufacturing

All industry

（Hours）


2

Japan Productivity CenterSince 2010, petrochemical and coal product manufactures have been included in the chemical industry.The base year was changed to 2015, in 2017.

（Source）（N o t e）

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare [Monthly Labour Survey]Since 2010, petrochemical and coal product manufactures have been included in the chemical industry.

7.8%

2.3%

▲0.4%

5.2%

0.4%

1.5%

4.4%

156.1

156.6

157.0

156.1

157.3

157.4

158.2

163.9

164.7

166.8

163.3

164.7

164.6

165.2

159.1

154.9

152.4

149.8

148.7

148.6

148.4

4.5%

6.8%

1.9%

11.5%

▲1.6%

▲0.5%

3.6%

78.7

91.1

102.6

98.6

100.0

99.5

103.1

83.2

97.6

106.6

103.6

100.0

101.6

106.1

Index

Total manufacturing Chemical industry

Increase rate Index Increase

rate

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

2016

2017

Industry

Year

Industry

Year

Chemical industry

Total manufacturing

All industries

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

2016

2017

（Index, 2015=100）（Index, 2015=100）

（Hours）

Every 5th

year

Recent three years

Every 5th

year

Recent three years


Operating profit marginChemical industry is the No. 1 in operating profit margin.

Trend of operating profit margin by manufacturing industry（FY1995-FY2017）

General-purposemachineryProductionmachineryBusiness oriented

machineryCeramics, clay &stone productsTransportationmachineryFabricated metalproducts

Non-ferrous metals& products

FoodsPrinting & allied

Chemicalindustry

Iron & steel

（Fiscal Year）

（%）

-4

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

201720162015201020052000年1995



8.9

6.7

6.5

（%）


Ministry of Finance [Financial Statements Statistics of Corporations by Industry]Rubber & plastic products are excluded from the chemical industry.

1995Every 5th year Recent three years

6.5 2.8 3.62.4 3.6 3.03.3

–3.1 5.13.5

–2.6 3.3

20008.1 3.0 3.93.0 4.3 4.72.0

–4.0 6.03.9

–3.0 3.8

20057.82.83.04.6

11.14.83.7

–5.27.63.0 2.8 4.84.5

20107.52.81.23.52.82.82.33.53.25.03.02.01.63.2

20157.73.21.84.42.32.64.26.15.65.53.72.75.04.3

20168.43.82.34.71.73.63.96.15.24.93.83.44.04.4

20178.93.53.05.03.23.84.46.76.56.15.85.04.95.1

Chemical industryFoodsPrinting & alliedCeramics, clay & stone productsIron & steelNon-ferrous metals & productsFabricated metal productsGeneral-purpose machineryProduction machineryBusiness oriented machineryElectrical machineryInformation and communication electronic equipmentTransportation machineryTotal manufacturing

Industry

Fiscal year


Research and development expendituresR&D expenditures of chemical industry amounted to 2.6 trillion yen.

Ratio of R&D expenditures by manufacturing industry in FY2016

Chemical industry

850 billion yen

Othermanufacturingindustries

880 billion yen

Drug & medicines

1.35 trillion yen

Transportation machinery

2.93 trillion yen

Information andcommunicationelectronic equipment

1.36 trillion yen


1.12 trillion yen


1.08 trillion yen


509 billion yen

Electronic parts devicesand electronic circuits

608 billion yen

Plastic products

189 billion yen

1.6%

Chemicalindustryincluding plasticand rubberproducts

2.55 trillion yen

22.1%

Totalmanufacturing

11.6 trillion yen

Rubber products

163 billion yen

1.4%


306 billion yen

2.6%

Foods

227 billion yen

2.0%

Chemical industryincluding drugs& medicines

2.20 trillion yen

19.0%

7.3%

9.7%

5.2%

11.7%

25.3%

9.4%

4.4% 11.7%

Trend of number of applications forpatents by classification（2000-2016）

R&D expenditures of chemical industry inthe top four countries in shipment（2015）

（Source）Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications [Survey of Research and Development]

（Source）Japan Patent Office [Statistics Data]（Source）（N o t e）

OECD Stat Extracts as of August 2018PPP: Purchasing Power Parity

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

70,7372,541

44,7676,975

25,4633,332

11,3301,396

58,675

9,521 7,946 4,8585,076

14,185

12,693

25,099

（Million PPP$）（Number of application）

（Year）201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005200420032002200120000

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

90,000

100,000

110,000

66,519

53,11550,542

39,460

26,825

5,6742,444

63,171

Physics

Electricity

Performing operations, Transporting

Human necessities

Chemistry, Metallurgy

Fixed constructions

Textiles, Paper

Mechanical engineering, Lighting, Heating, Weapons, Blasting

GermanyJapanUSAChina

■Plastic products　& rubber products

■Drug & medicines

■Chemical industry　excluding drugs　& medicines


Ratio of R&D expenditures to sales by manufacturing industry（FY1995-FY2016）

（%）

Chemical industryincluding plastic andrubber products5.6%

Drugs & medicines10.0%

Chemical industry4.3%

Rubber products4.0%

Plastic products2.4%

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

2016201520142010200520001995





Totalmanufacturing



Textiles

Ceramics, clay & stone products

Non-ferrous metals& productsIron & steelFabricated metal products

FoodsPrinting & allied


（Fiscal Year）

（%）

（Source）Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications [Survey of Research and Development]

1995Every 5th year Recent three years

4.38.05.32.63.44.81.01.80.92.42.02.41.4

– – –

5.8 – –

3.33.4

4.18.65.42.43.64.81.02.21.12.51.62.41.7

– – –

5.6 – –

3.93.7

3.910.0

5.92.14.35.21.32.41.42.31.11.81.9

– – –

4.76.75.84.53.9

3.612.0

6.42.63.85.71.13.81.32.71.32.11.63.23.98.45.55.84.54.53.9

3.612.2

6.83.13.96.00.94.20.92.71.21.71.33.13.58.86.06.35.35.14.1

4.011.9

6.92.72.45.71.04.10.92.11.51.91.13.53.89.06.06.35.25.24.3

4.310.0

6.62.44.05.61.03.11.02.61.61.91.43.74.18.95.76.75.25.04.2

2000 2005 2010 2014 2015 2016Chemical industryDrugs & medicinesChemical industry including drugs & medicinesPlastic productsRubber productsChemical industry including plastic and rubber productsFoodsTextilesPrinting and alliedCeramics, clay & stone productsIron & steelNon-ferrous metals & productsFabricated metal productsGeneral-purpose machineryProduction machineryBusiness oriented machineryElectrical machineryInformation and communication electronic equipmentElectronic parts devices and electronic circuitsTransportation machineryTotal manufacturing

Industry

Fiscal year


Amount of capital investmentCapital investment of chemical industry amounted to 1.7 trillion yen making itranked 2nd in manufacturing industries.

Trend of capital investment by manufacturing industry（FY1995-FY2016）

Information andcommunicationelectronicequipment

Chemicalindustry

Foods

Electricalmachinery


Ceramics, clay&stone productsPrinting & alliedGeneral-purpose

machinery

Production machineryNon-ferrous metals& products

Fabricated metalproducts

Iron & steel


1,708

2,602

1,660

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

2017201620152010200520001995 （Fiscal Year）

（¥ billion）

（¥ billion）


Ministry of Finance [Financial Statements Statistics of Corporations by Industry]Rubber & plastic products are excluded from the chemical industry.

1,2601,285

537548770537781

–705268

3,265 –

1,3462,545

13,849

1,3681,376

507480463603430

692316

3,927

1,3521,724

13,238

1,3141,246

563404627455582

1,266480

1,3471,4072,6052,049

14,343

1,312947414333802350545

78461364966

1,4471,4241,828

11,272

1,5481,229

333242659317616242719509986

1,7102,3851,857

13,351

1,796 1,455

309 380 838 403 688 237 742 500

1,050 1,610 2,734 1,686

14,427

1,708 1,652

254 318 907 627 837 239 694 395

1,279 1,661 2,602 1,885

15,060

Chemical industryFoodsPrinting and alliedCeramics, clay & stone productsIron & steelNon-ferrous metals & productsFabricated metal productsGeneral-purpose machineryProduction machineryBusiness oriented machineryElectrical machineryInformation and communication electronic equipmentTransportation machineryOthersTotal manufacturing

11.3%11.0%

1.7%2.1%6.0%4.2%5.6%1.6%4.6%2.6%8.5%

11.0%17.3%12.5%

100.0%

1995 2000 2005 2015 2016 2017Every 5th year Recent three years

Industry

Fiscal year

2010


Shipments by countryJapan ranks 3rd in the world after China and the US.Five Japanese companies are included among the world’s leading chemical companies.

Shipments of chemical products by country in 2016

The world’s 30 leading chemical companies in 2016

（$ billion）0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1,000 1,100 1,200 1,300 1,400 1,500 1,600 1,700 1,800 1,900

SwitzerlandUKIrelandFranceIndiaKoreaGermanyJapanUnited StatesChina1

2

3

4

5

6

6

8

9

10

767.8 1907.0

236.0

165.5

133.0

133.0

102.0

99.0

97.1

262.0

●TOP 10


Chemical and Engineering NewsDrugs & medicines are excluded.1

（Source）American Chemistry Council (ACC) “Guide to the Business of Chemistry 2017”

10.5%11.7%

7.3%32.6%

9.7%22.7%22.9%20.3%

8.4%20.7%

9.8%9.5%8.6%

14.9%10.6%16.5%12.2%14.0%20.2%

6.2%10.6%11.6%

9.0%19.2%

8.4%19.1%22.0%21.6%

6.3%N.A.

11.6%-11.7%

4.7%-5.5%-7.6%3.9%

-11.3%12.8%20.4%

4.0%1.7%9.2%

-3.4%4.1%2.7%3.0%

-15.1%27.5%24.0%

-30.0%93.8%14.3%

-37.8%57.9%44.0%

0.9%-6.1%9.8%

-14.2%N.A.

6,3955,6293,106

10,1012,6205,9175,6384,7801,9544,0811,9141,7181,4272,4531,6632,3561,7261,9342,760

8311,3951,4611,0452,194

9402,1012,3152,108

606N.A.

95.2%100.0%

15.1%87.5%66.2%11.9%84.4%

100.0%75.2%80.0%97.4%

100.0%85.4%84.9%

100.0%96.7%

100.0%28.0%

100.0%74.5%

100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%

28.4%100.0%

85.6%100.0%

74.0%

-4.6%-1.3%2.8%

-9.8%-5.7%-7.4%-7.7%

-17.2%-13.9%

-4.9%13.2%

2.2%-4.4%-1.8%-4.5%0.2%

-5.7%12.2%

0.9%-9.6%-1.5%3.2%

-13.2%12.9%-9.8%-4.4%-2.2%

-17.2%-6.2%-4.6%

60,65348,15842,81530,98527,14126,05824,62423,53023,35819,67919,55418,11116,53316,48815,71914,27014,09713,76913,69213,39613,18012,62511,57711,40611,15710,97810,534

9,7529,6579,470

123456789

101112131415161718192021222324252627282930

Germany

U.S.

China

Saudi Arabia

Taiwan

U.S.

Netherlands

Switzerland

Japan

U.S.

France

South Korea

Japan

Germany

Netherlands

U.S.

Germany

India

Brazil

Japan

Germany

Belgium

Norway

South Korea

Japan

Germany

U.S.

Japan

U.S.

Switzerland

BASFDow ChemicalSinopecSABICFormosa PlasticsExxonMobil LyondellBasell IndustriesIneosMitsubishi ChemicalDuPontAir LiquideLG ChemToray IndustriesLindeAkzoNobelPPG IndustriesEvonik IndustriesReliance IndustriesBraskemSumitomo ChemicalCovestroSolvayYaraLotte Chemical Mitsui ChemicalsBayerPraxairShin-Etsu ChemicalHuntsman Corp.Syngenta

2016（$ million）

CountryCompanyRanking

Chemical sales Chemical operating profits

Change from 2015（%）

Chemical sales as of total sales

2016（$ million）

Change from 2015 （%）

Operating profit

margin


Dyes & paints3,544Organic chemicals2,481Essential oil, perfume& cosmetics

1,299

Fertilizers-674Inorganic chemicals-1,922

Drugs & medicines-20,856

Plastics15,163

Other chemical products7,223

（Year）

（¥100 million）

-25,000

-20,000

-15,000

-10,000

-5,000

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

20172016201520142013201020052000

Trade balanceTrade surplus in 2017 amounts to 6,258 hundred million yen.

Trade balance of chemicals by product（2000-2017）

Exports and imports of chemicals（2000-2017）

Total chemicals6,258

（¥100 million）

（Source）Ministry of Finance [Trade Statistics]

100 2,221

11,927 10,575

2,626 2,944 1,292 6,361

38,047


PlasticsDyes & paints

Drugs & medicinesEssential oil, perfume & cosmeticsOther chemical products

Total chemicals

2000121

3,109 18,832 17,157

3,323 3,6771,820

10,442 58,480

2005128

3,772 18,728 23,360

4,048 3,787 2,479

12,950 69,253

2010142

4,034 21,166 24,441

4,629 4,623 3,676

14,883 77,594

2015113

3,898 16,822 22,717

4,524 4,901 4,341

13,922 71,238

2016140

4,966 19,566 25,112

5,125 5,593 5,738

15,684 81,924

2017570

2,287 7,993 3,476

948 5,149 1,944 6,183

28,550

2000783

3,935 11,843

5,324 1,187 9,060 2,909 8,172

43,212

2005745

5,237 13,496

6,542 1,343

15,226 3,087 8,119

53,794

2010990

6,529 16,499

9,523 1,655

29,241 4,213 8,828

77,479

2015739

5,866 14,984

8,580 1,480

27,660 4,128 7,461

70,898

2016814

6,888 17,085

9,949 1,581

26,449 4,439 8,461

75,666

2017Every 5th year

Exports Imports

Recent three years Every 5th year Recent three yearsArticles


Exports and imports of chemicals by regionExports to Asia have increased.

（¥100 million）

Export and imports of chemicals by region（2000-2017）

Exports and imports of chemicals by region in 2017

WesternEurope

61,561

494 529

608 921

8,169CIS

CentralEurope EasternEurope

28,621

9,080

1,194

14,272

27,475

Asia

MiddleEast

452 664Oceania

3,097

LatinAmerica

367 86Africa

NorthAmerica

ImportsExports

（¥100 million）

（Source）Ministry of Finance [Trade Statistics]

22,742 224

5,948 7,065 1,402

163 419

84 38,047

AsiaMiddle East

Western EuropeNorth AmericaLatin America

AfricaOceania

CIS,Central Europe,Eastern EuropeTotal

200040,150

364 7,609 7,743 1,629

196 586 204

58,480

200551,799

580 7,084 6,824 1,819

278 494 374

69,253

201057,502

693 7,689 9,048 1,488

288 460 425

77,594

201552,956

579 7,087 8,309 1,156

345 426 380

71,238

201661,561

608 8,169 9,080 1,194

367 452 494

81,924

20176,414

521 12,065

8,198 694

54 457 147

28,550

200012,974

692 17,398

9,364 1,790

177 520 298

43,212

200517,474

652 21,413 11,190

2,013 128 595 330

53,794

201026,428

880 31,367 14,194

3,082 183 803 541

77,479

201524,334

696 28,480 13,189

3,019 110 665 406

70,898

201627,475

921 28,621 14,272

3,097 86

664 529

75,666

2017Every 5th year

Exports Imports

Recent three years Every 5th year Recent three yearsRegion


Outward/inward direct investments

Outward direct investment of Japanese chemical industry and inwarddirect investment to chemical industry in Japan in 2017

Actual outward direct investment of Japanese chemical industry andinward direct investment to chemical industry in Japan （2005-2017）

-4,000

-2,000

2,000

0

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

2017201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005

11,823

-572Inward directinvestment to Japan

Outward directinvestment from Japan

（Year）

（¥100 million）

（¥100 million）

1,657

5,180

-1145

50

Europe350

150

4,186

281

10

Asia

MiddleEast

116Oceania

LatinAmerica

Africa

NorthAmerica

Inward direct investment to JapanOutward direct investment from Japan

N.A.

N.A.N.A.

N.A.

（Source）Bank of Japan [Balance of Payments]


2 3

Bank of Japan [Balance of Payments statistics]Outward direct investment from Japan is the investment that domestic companies perform for foreign countries, and Inward direct investment to Japan is the investment that overseas companies perform for Japan, and it shows minus in case of withdrawal and collection of the investment.Because Balance of Payments statistics have been based on the BPM6 since January 2014, sign of “outward direct investment” was changed from minus figures to plus figures retroactively to the past.Drugs & medicines are included in the chemical industry.


Ratio of overseas production/Salesof overseas subsidiary companies

Trend of overseas production of Japanese companies（FY2000-2016）

Sales of Japanese chemical companies based overseas and its percentageof all overseas Japanese manufacturing companies’ sales（FY2000-2016）

18.0

8,840

23.8

Chemical industry

（Fiscal Year）

（Fiscal Year）

0

5

10

15

20

25

20162015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003200220012000

Total manufacturing

Percentage ofchemical companies

Sales amount of overseasJapanese chemical companies

（%）

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

9,000

10,000

11,000

12,000

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

20162015201420132012年201120102009200820072006200520042003200220012000

7.2

（¥ billion）（%）

（Source）Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry [Basic Survey of Overseas Business Activities]


Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry [Basic Survey of Overseas Business Activities]Chemical fiber products are excluded from the chemical industry.

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