Saurce）Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry
Alkaline manganese dioxide batteries　(1,000 n )	12	06.1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Production	127,014	94,900	108,181	126,969	95,053	73,004	81,968	101,893	95,907	112,404	126,204	134,527
RS.	-1.4	8.9	13.2	28.1	1.4	-14.4	-16.5	-1.4	-6.0	-7.9	-5.7	-4.9
Sales	163,228	78,268	88,784	115,446	101,028	84,158	97,205	103,582	99,996	114,258	104,938	137,475
RS.	5.6	5.3	-6.3	6.8	6.4	1.9	2.9	1.6	-6.4	-10.0	-15.9	-6.1
Inventory	64,784	81,681	103,821	115,132	114,344	104,334	92,286	91,099	88,966	85,046	103,220	97,450
RS.	-26.9	-17.0	6.2	34.5	26.8	13.2	-4.7	-7.0	-7.0	-7.1	1.5	5.2
Alkaline manganese dioxide batteries　(1,000 n )	12	07.1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Production	129,199	79,563	90,869	92,292	98,299	93,946	98,270	108,065	102,740	111,177	136,106	138,008
RS.	1.7	-16.2	-16.0	-27.3	3.4	28.7	19.9	6.1	7.1	-1.1	7.8	2.6
Sales	163,022	78,797	88,289	105,500	108,104	93,347	103,955	114,932	108,227	118,119	125,659	145,992
RS.	-0.1	0.7	-0.6	-8.6	7.0	10.9	6.9	11.0	8.2	3.4	19.7	6.2
Inventory	72,767	76,082	83,199	74,593	71,064	78,394	76,028	73,566	70,447	62,482	81,220	84,096
RS.	12.3	-6.9	-19.9	-35.2	-37.9	-24.9	-17.6	-19.2	-20.8	-26.5	-21.3	-13.7