MITI and the Japanese miracle

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TABLE 1

Indices of Japanese Mining and Manufacturing Production, 19261978

(1975 = 100)

Manufacturing industries

Year

All industry

Public utilities

Mining and manu- facturing

Mining

All manu- facturing

Iron and steel

Non- ferrous metals

Metal finished goods

Ma- chinery

Ceramics and cement

Chem- icals

Petro- leum

and coal products

Pulp and paper

Textiles

Wood and wood products

Food

1926

2.5

54.5

1.5

4.0

1.5

0.7

4.9

17.4

1927

2.8

59.7

1.7

4.1

1.7

0.8

5.3

18.8

1928

3.3

62.0

2.0

4.6

1.8

1.0

5.8

18.1

1929

3.6

63.2

2.2

4.6

2.2

1.0

6.4

18.9

1930

5.5

3.9

5.8

62.0

5.3

2.1

4.8

1.4

8.4

2.5

1.0

5.5

21.8

15.8

21.0

1931

5.0

4.0

5.2

58.8

4.7

1.8

4.4

1.1

8.5

2.6

1.1

5.3

23.0

15.2

19.0

1932

5.3

4.3

5.5

60.0

5.0

2.3

4.9

1.0

9.2

3.2

1.2

5.3

24.9

16.0

20.8

1933

6.4

4.9

6.7

68.6

6.1

3.1

5.7

1.4

10.3

3.7

1.4

5.8

28.6

18.8

22.3

1934

6.9

5.3

7.2

75.1

6.5

3.7

5.6

1.4

10.0

4.3

1.7

5.4

31.5

24.0

22.5

1935

7.3

6.0

7.6

81.0

6.9

4.4

6.7

1.4

11.6

5.2

1.8

5.9

33.4

26.4

22.5

1936

8.2

6.5

8.6

89.6

7.8

4.9

7.4

1.7

12.0

6.2

2.1

7.0

35.8

27.6

23.0

1937

9.6

7.1

10.0

97.5

9.2

5.7

8.7

2.3

12.7

7.1

2.5

8.0

40.8

27.9

25.2

1938

9.9

7.7

10.3

103.8

9.4

6.5

9.1

2.5

13.5

8.1

2.7

7.2

33.6

27.5

25.5

1939

10.9

8.1

11.4

108.8

10.5

7.2

10.3

3.1

14.2

8.6

3.2

8.3

33.6

32.2

26.1

1940

11.4

8.3

12.0

116.7

11.0

7.3

10.1

3.8

14.7

8.5

3.4

8.3

30.4

26.8

22.7

1941

11.8

9.1

12.4

117.1

11.3

7.5

9.6

4.4

13.1

8.5

4.0

8.5

24.6

33.5

19.7

1942

11.5

9.1

12.0

114.4

11.0

7.9

10.9

4.5

10.8

7.1

4.0

6.7

19.5

31.7

17.5

1943

11.7

9.2

12.1

115.5

11.1

8.9

13.3

5.0

9.6

6.1

4.0

5.7

12.7

28.0

14.5

1944

11.9

9.0

12.4

105.1

11.4

8.3

14.7

5.8

7.5

5.7

3.2

3.3

6.8

24.8

11.9

1945

5.2

5.4

5.3

55.5

4.8

2.9

5.5

2.5

2.9

2.3

0.9

1.6

2.6

14.8

7.9

1946

2.3

6.9

2.2

40.9

1.8

1.0

2.9

0.8

3.1

1.4

0.4

1.7

4.3

22.7

7.0

1947

2.9

7.8

2.7

54.0

2.3

1.3

4.0

0.9

3.8

1.9

0.5

2.4

5.8

29.9

6.3

1948

3.8

8.5

3.6

66.2

3.0

2.1

5.5

1.4

5.8

2.5

0.8

3.5

6.6

34.7

7.7

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