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Japan Machine Tool Orders

Source: 日本工作機械工業会工作機械受注統計（確報）Last updated: Sep 24, 2026, 10:13Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023	07-2023
Total machine tool orders3	193,090	203,375	177,006	188,967	193,470	146,744	145,579	158,643	137,005	143,456	139,146	120,172	128,357	133,163	128,718	130,214	151,101	118,198	116,146	143,094	119,327	122,550	125,360	110,770	123,942	133,816	124,530	120,902	135,650	114,208	110,960	127,088	115,899	112,053	133,942	114,760	114,340
Domestic orders7	53,237	58,020	45,329	49,286	50,473	37,164	32,624	39,905	31,987	35,693	43,645	31,895	35,446	39,869	33,016	34,379	49,264	33,767	31,996	39,923	34,328	33,441	41,529	32,192	35,703	40,810	34,837	36,372	49,257	32,543	30,603	38,251	32,696	33,644	45,045	35,717	39,385
Iron, steel and non-ferrous metals	1,765	1,236	1,978	3,005	2,126	1,262	780	1,741	769	1,726	1,376	1,501	1,117	744	925	967	1,917	836	849	2,197	1,643	414	1,427	965	873	1,616	919	1,370	2,216	711	821	856	903	1,017	1,856	1,568	1,163
Fabricated metal products	3,946	3,237	4,068	4,318	6,348	2,973	1,751	2,649	1,774	2,424	3,566	2,050	2,352	4,621	2,271	2,944	4,537	2,804	3,377	3,051	2,823	3,537	5,443	2,210	3,068	2,834	2,049	2,741	4,748	2,288	2,408	2,360	2,472	2,178	4,218	2,880	2,822
Machinery manufacturing subtotal4	43,480	50,663	36,224	38,602	37,126	29,927	27,221	31,805	26,457	28,531	35,006	25,297	27,940	31,198	26,827	27,058	39,529	26,955	24,195	31,474	26,810	27,014	31,877	26,475	28,456	32,416	28,487	28,746	38,223	26,318	24,721	31,817	26,019	26,744	35,339	28,647	30,676
General machinery2	23,142	23,213	14,549	15,744	18,441	14,094	11,995	15,837	12,998	14,485	16,110	13,281	13,608	16,674	14,328	15,018	19,152	12,536	11,854	15,074	16,119	13,524	16,406	14,777	15,493	16,468	14,360	12,828	19,778	13,934	12,280	14,170	12,750	14,116	17,654	14,538	17,297
of which construction machinery	511	1,070	778	1,183	1,623	363	399	362	769	688	651	753	292	679	903	1,547	1,622	438	744	271	950	467	632	611	365	500	736	1,002	1,019	654	1,242	651	424	1,448	1,122	963	735
of which dies and moulds	910	1,166	1,590	1,316	1,547	1,038	1,116	1,742	1,633	1,458	1,520	1,016	1,629	1,251	1,080	1,398	1,200	1,220	896	836	1,050	1,151	1,334	964	1,060	1,864	1,044	1,137	1,477	1,838	2,006	2,092	1,711	1,313	2,666	1,709	1,648
Automobiles1	9,256	15,246	9,328	11,251	8,398	7,834	6,572	9,055	6,723	8,223	7,075	6,107	8,026	6,923	4,783	5,267	11,929	6,989	5,973	8,647	5,561	6,826	7,439	7,169	6,370	9,245	7,716	8,844	9,532	6,662	7,014	9,951	8,175	7,977	10,282	7,929	8,469
of which auto parts	7,227	8,593	5,587	7,694	6,176	5,938	4,043	5,930	4,251	4,342	5,080	4,558	5,522	4,304	3,436	3,256	7,161	5,361	3,675	5,256	3,512	4,487	5,407	5,094	4,099	5,365	5,623	6,459	7,144	4,654	5,300	7,772	6,249	5,026	7,441	6,081	6,228
Electrical and precision machinery2	8,224	9,734	5,126	7,801	7,375	5,770	5,224	3,924	3,492	3,961	5,368	3,329	4,032	5,861	4,823	4,828	5,337	3,241	4,330	4,851	4,064	4,199	5,959	2,613	5,218	3,971	4,373	4,397	7,145	3,873	4,070	5,031	2,959	3,421	5,726	5,090	3,609
Electrical machinery	6,398	7,114	3,280	5,081	4,729	4,308	3,961	1,745	2,514	2,730	3,507	2,066	2,189	3,996	3,304	2,918	3,509	1,503	1,919	2,719	2,140	2,152	3,711	1,587	3,555	1,769	2,167	2,124	4,800	2,390	2,392	1,459	1,884	2,275	4,228	3,662	2,220
Precision machinery	1,826	2,620	1,846	2,720	2,646	1,462	1,263	2,179	978	1,231	1,861	1,263	1,843	1,865	1,519	1,910	1,828	1,738	2,411	2,132	1,924	2,047	2,248	1,026	1,663	2,202	2,206	2,273	2,345	1,483	1,678	3,572	1,075	1,146	1,498	1,428	1,389
Aircraft, shipbuilding and transport equipment1	2,858	2,470	7,221	3,806	2,912	2,229	3,430	2,989	3,244	1,862	6,453	2,580	2,274	1,740	2,893	1,945	3,111	4,189	2,038	2,902	1,066	2,465	2,073	1,916	1,375	2,732	2,038	2,677	1,768	1,849	1,357	2,665	2,135	1,230	1,677	1,090	1,301
of which aircraft	1,134	1,502	4,473	1,411	1,645	1,581	2,423	1,161	1,328	923	3,443	1,480	1,442	694	1,869	844	1,675	2,218	682	1,829	671	1,606	1,024	706	669	1,663	1,326	1,379	824	829	657	1,749	584	298	896	487	152
Other manufacturing	2,122	1,175	1,698	1,456	3,042	1,187	1,293	2,255	1,257	1,315	1,767	1,441	1,898	1,508	1,731	1,907	1,568	1,840	2,513	1,813	1,646	1,274	1,345	1,096	1,793	1,527	1,485	1,744	2,157	1,651	1,262	1,806	1,826	1,975	1,892	1,265	2,784
Government and schools	388	249	103	353	119	428	378	245	628	612	329	453	370	234	206	105	134	151	48	129	155	134	260	484	375	254	54	268	158	104	157	121	93	322	143	239	419
Other demand sectors	909	1,092	740	1,195	1,337	953	806	769	700	883	1,128	867	1,460	1,106	784	1,011	1,152	944	709	904	933	901	955	694	942	989	1,281	1,106	1,223	1,130	859	813	960	978	1,090	683	949
Trading companies and agents	627	368	518	357	375	434	395	441	402	202	473	286	309	458	272	387	427	237	305	355	318	167	222	268	196	1,174	562	397	532	341	375	478	423	430	507	435	572
Foreign orders	139,853	145,355	131,677	139,681	142,997	109,580	112,955	118,738	105,018	107,763	95,501	88,277	92,911	93,294	95,702	95,835	101,837	84,431	84,150	103,171	84,999	89,109	83,831	78,578	88,239	93,006	89,693	84,530	86,393	81,665	80,357	88,837	83,203	78,409	88,897	79,043	74,955
of which NC machine tools	189,245	200,885	174,709	186,190	190,468	144,526	143,699	155,615	135,124	141,260	137,442	118,873	126,016	131,068	126,457	128,635	148,942	116,010	113,797	140,785	117,388	120,582	123,444	109,510	121,993	131,727	122,607	117,865	134,024	112,625	109,042	125,372	113,660	110,609	131,631	112,273	111,735
Sales of machine tools1	150,450	165,094	127,033	121,707	184,482	119,216	127,920	180,106	133,711	119,967	135,273	116,136	120,168	128,768	111,352	126,854	218,642	130,914	111,314	168,399	124,510	115,081	158,177	123,952	117,361	119,420	113,085	96,612	163,862	117,730	107,998	158,104	128,275	119,344	156,089	113,804	118,436
Sales: of which NC machine tools	148,125	163,220	125,219	120,059	181,313	117,090	126,114	175,030	132,034	118,162	132,435	114,545	118,559	126,383	110,034	125,346	215,737	129,060	109,921	166,597	122,784	113,618	155,087	122,422	115,966	117,621	111,702	95,310	160,681	115,227	106,320	155,078	126,534	117,602	153,015	112,258	116,335
Order backlog (end of month)1	1,009,142	966,502	928,221	878,248	811,605	802,617	775,089	757,430	759,478	756,481	732,958	729,202	725,104	717,521	713,126	695,760	692,400	759,941	772,657	767,825	770,002	775,185	767,716	800,533	813,715	807,134	792,738	781,293	757,003	785,215	788,737	785,775	797,119	809,495	816,786	838,933	838,498
Order backlog: of which NC machine tools	984,031	942,911	905,246	855,756	790,242	781,087	753,651	736,066	736,754	733,961	710,829	705,939	701,549	694,698	690,013	673,590	670,301	737,096	750,146	746,270	744,600	749,996	743,032	774,675	787,587	781,560	767,454	756,549	733,994	760,651	763,253	760,531	770,378	783,252	790,245	811,629	812,135

Latest reading

Total machine tool orders stood at 193,090 million yen in Jul 2026. That is −5.1% from Jun 2026 and +50.4% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 2009 to Jul 2026.

Latest: 193,090 million yen; Jul 2026
vs previous period: −5.1%; Jun 2026
vs a year earlier: +50.4%

About this data

Monthly machine tool orders received by Japanese builders since January 2009: total, domestic orders by the industry placing them (steel and non-ferrous metals, metal products, general machinery, automobiles and parts, electrical and precision machinery, aircraft and shipbuilding, government), foreign orders, NC machine tools, sales and the order backlog. Machine tool orders are a leading indicator of capital investment. Final monthly figures (kakuhou) of orders received by JMTBA member companies, in million yen. Figures were read from the association's PDF reports. Source: Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association (JMTBA).