Japan Machine Tool Orders

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

130,206

Units In

JPY Million

151,104

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jun 11, 2025

Time to Release

25 Days 5 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
182,860 Mar 2018	19,037 Jan 2009	92,776.78 JPY Million	1983-2025	Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association (JMTBA)

Machine Tool Orders measures the change in the total value of new orders placed with machine tool manufacturers.

Latest Updates

Japan’s machine tool orders advanced by 7.7% year-on-year to JPY 130,206 in April 2025, slowing from a 11.4% growth in the previous month. This marked the seventh consecutive month of rising machine tool orders albeit at a softer pace, mainly due to a drop of 5.4% from a year earlier in domestic demand to JPY 34,425. Meanwhile, foreign orders climbed by 13.3% to JPY 95,781. On a monthly basis, orders declined by 13.8% in April, reversing a 27.8% jump in the preceding period.