Japans preliminary industrial production index (base 1980) rose 0.7 pct to a seasonally adjusted 122.8 in March from the previous month the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said. Production had fallen 0.2 in Feburary from a month earlier. The preliminary unadjusted March index fell 0.2 pct from a year earlier after remaining flat in Feburary. The adjusted March producers shipment index (same base) fell 0.6 to 117.3 from February. The unadjusted index rose 0.3 pct from a year earlier. The adjusted March index of producers inventories of finished goods (same base) rose 0.7 pct to 105.4 from Feburary. The unadjusted index fell 1.1 pct from a year earlier.
JAPAN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION RISES IN MARCH