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Explanation of the Series Code of "TANKAN"


The series code of the "TANKAN" in the BOJ Time-Series Data Search has been changed from January 23, 2019 as outlined in " Changes in the Series Code of the "TANKAN" in the BOJ Time-Series Data Search(December 17, 2018).[PDF 415KB] " All the current series codes and their corresponding codes after the changes can be found in the above file.



Components of the Series Code of "TANKAN"

The series code of "TANKAN" are made by several components.

In the data search function, the series code of "TANKAN" begin with three characters "CO'" (the series code in flat file beginning with "TK99" without "CO'"). And explanation of other 20 characters beginning with "TK99" is as following:

Character Position in the Series Code Components
From the 1st to 4th character Fixed characters, "TK99"
The 5th character Calculation methods
From the 6th to 9th character Industry classification
From the 10th to 12th character Survey items
The 13th character Type of series
From the 14th to 15th character Frequency
The 16th character Actual results or Forecast
The 17th character Size of Enterprises
From the 18th to 20th character Detail items

The meaning of the code in each components is as following:




Calculation methods (the 5th character)

Code Meaning
F Simple aggregates
G Amount of "population estimates"


Industry classification (from the 6th to 9th character)

Code Meaning
0000 All industries
1000 Manufacturing
1020 Textiles
1030 Lumber & Wood products
1050 Pulp & Paper
1060 Chemicals
1070 Petroleum & Coal products
1100 Ceramics, Stone & Clay
1110 Iron & Steel
1120 Nonferrous metals
1010 Food & Beverages
1130 Processed metals
1149 General-purpose, Production & Business oriented machinery
1141 General-purpose machinery
1142 Production machinery
1143 Business oriented machinery
1150 Electrical machinery
1160 Transportation machinery
1185 Shipbuilding, Heavy machinery & Other transportation machinery
1180 Motor vehicles
1500 Other manufacturing
3030 Basic materials
3040 Processing
2000 Nonmanufacturing
2011 Construction
2019 Real estate,Goods rental & Leasing
2012 Real estate
2090 Goods rental & Leasing
2020 Wholesaling & Retailing
2021 Wholesaling
2024 Retailing
2040 Transport & Postal activities
2059 Information communication
2050 Communications
2051 Information services
2052 Other information communication
2060 Electric & Gas utilities
2081 Services for businesses
2082 Services for individuals
2100 Accomodations, Eating & Drinking services
2500 Mining & Quarrying of stone and gravel
5000 Financial institutions
5100 Banks
5200 Financial institutions for cooperative organizations
5400 Financial products transaction dealers
5500 Insurance companies
5600 Non-deposit money corporations
6000 Financial institutions, Business consultants & pure holding companies
6001 Business consultants & pure holding companies
0001 All industries including Financial institutions
0002 All industries including Business consultants & pure holding companies
0003 All industries including Financial institutions and Business consultants & pure holding companies
2001 Nonmanufacturing including Financial institutions
2002 Nonmanufacturing including Business consultants & pure holding companies
2003 Nonmanufacturing including Financial institutions and Business consultants & pure holding companies
1140 (discontinued)Industrial machinery
1200 (discontinued)Precision machinery
2010 (discontinued)Construction & Real estate
2080 (discontinued)Services


Survey items (from the 10th to 12th character)

Code Group of Survey items Item
601 Judgement Survey Business Conditions
602 Judgement Survey Domestic Supply & Demand Conditions for Products and Services
603 Judgement Survey Overseas Supply & Demand Conditions for Products
604 Judgement Survey Inventory Level of Finished Goods & Merchandise
605 Judgement Survey Wholesalers' Inventory Level
607 Judgement Survey Production Capacity
608 Judgement Survey Employment Conditions
609 Judgement Survey Financial Position
612 Judgement Survey Lending Attitude of Financial institutions
613 Judgement Survey Change in Interest Rate on Loans
614 Judgement Survey Change in Output Prices
615 Judgement Survey Change in Input Prices
619 Judgement Survey Conditions for CP Issuance (Based on CP-Issuing Enterprises)
679 Judgement Survey (discontinued)Conditions for CP Issuance(Based on All Enterprises)
102 Annual Projections Sales
151 Annual Projections Domestic Sales
104 Annual Projections Exports
308 Annual Projections Current Profits
309 Annual Projections Net Income
109 Annual Projections Fixed Investment(including Land Purchasing Expenses) *
108 Annual Projections Land Purchasing Expenses *
112 Annual Projections Software Investment *
117 Annual Projections R&D Investment *
162 Annual Projections Software and Fixed Investment excluding Land Purchasing Expenses *
164 Annual Projections Software, R&D, and Fixed Investment excluding Land Purchasing Expenses *
118 Annual Projections Predicted Exchange Rates (U.S. dollar-yen)
119 Annual Projections Predicted Exchange Rates (Euro-yen)
153 Annual Projections Predicted Exchange Rates of Exporting Enterprises (U.S. dollar-yen)
154 Annual Projections Predicted Exchange Rates of Exporting Enterprises (Euro-yen)
871 Annual Projections Ratio of Current Profit to Sales
355 Annual Projections Number of Enterprises Reporting Increase or Decrease in Profits
354 Annual Projections Number of Enterprises Reporting Deficits
305 Annual Projections (discontinued)Operating Profits
150 Annual Projections (discontinued)Predicted Exchange Rates
302 Annual Projections (discontinued)Material Costs
303 Annual Projections (discontinued)Personnel Expenses
304 Annual Projections (discontinued)Depreciation
306 Annual Projections (discontinued)Financial Income
307 Annual Projections (discontinued)Financial Expenses
110 Annual Projections (discontinued)Lease Assets (in Fixed Investment)
111 Annual Projections (discontinued)Purchasing Expenses of Equipments for Lease
113 Annual Projections (discontinued)Lease Assets (in Software Investment)
114 Annual Projections (discontinued)Purchasing Expenses of Software for Lease
201 Inflation Outlook of Enterprises Outlook for Output Prices (1 year ahead)
202 Inflation Outlook of Enterprises Outlook for Output Prices (3 years ahead)
203 Inflation Outlook of Enterprises Outlook for Output Prices (5 years ahead)
204 Inflation Outlook of Enterprises Outlook for General Prices (1 year ahead)
205 Inflation Outlook of Enterprises Outlook for General Prices (3 years ahead)
206 Inflation Outlook of Enterprises Outlook for General Prices (5 years ahead)
401 Number of New Graduates Hired Number of New Graduates Hired
511 Overseas Business Activities Total Sales (Consolidated basis)
512 Overseas Business Activities Overseas Sales (Consolidated basis)
513 Overseas Business Activities Current Profits (Consolidated basis)
514 Overseas Business Activities Total Fixed Investment (Consolidated basis)
515 Overseas Business Activities Overseas Fixed Investment (Consolidated basis)
851 Overseas Business Activities Domestic Sales (Consolidated basis)
852 Overseas Business Activities Domestic Fixed Investment (Consolidated basis)
853 Overseas Business Activities Share of Overseas Sales in Total Sales
854 Overseas Business Activities Share of Overseas Fixed Investment in Total Fixed Investment
157 Overseas Business Activities Predicted Exchange Rates (U.S. dollar-yen) (Consolidated basis)
158 Overseas Business Activities Predicted Exchange Rates (Euro-yen) (Consolidated basis)
011 Quarterly Data (discontinued)Loans from Financial institutions
012 Quarterly Data (discontinued)Commercial Paper
014 Quarterly Data (discontinued)Corporate Bonds
054 Quarterly Data (discontinued)Liquidity
016 Quarterly Data (discontinued)Cash & Deposits
017 Quarterly Data (discontinued)Securities Listed as Liquid Assets
018 Quarterly Data (discontinued)Securities Listed as Fixed Assets
019 Quarterly Data (discontinued)Number of Employees
020 Quarterly Data (discontinued)Part-time Workers
021 Quarterly Data (discontinued)Total Liabilities
022 Quarterly Data (discontinued)Total Assets
811 Quarterly Data (discontinued)Ratio of Liquidity
616 Forecast Judgements (discontinued)Interest-bearing Debt Outstanding
617 Forecast Judgements (discontinued)Level of Liquidity
618 Forecast Judgements (discontinued)Number of Employees

*Half Year (Fiscal Year) is discontinued.



Type of series (the 13th character)

Code Meaning
A Nominal Yen-denominated Figures, Ratio etc.
B Number of Reporting Companies
C Year-to-year Percent Change
F Percentage Share of the Number of Respondents Choosing Each Alternative
G Diffusion Index
2 Revision Rate
H The Average of Enterprises' Inflation Outlook
D Average


Frequency (from the 14th to 15th character)

Code Meaning
CQ Quarterly
FH Half Year (Fiscal Year)
FY Fiscal Year


Actual result or Forecast (the 16th character)

Group of Survey items Code Meaning
Judgement Survey 0 Actual result
1 Forecast
Annual Projections 0 Actual result
1 Forecast
2 Forecast in December
3 Forecast in September
4 Forecast in June
5 Forecast in March
Inflation Outlook of Enterprises, Quarterly data 0 Actual result
Number of graduates hired 0 Actual result
1 Forecast
2 Forecast 3
3 Forecast 2
4 Forecast 1
Overseas Business Activities 0 Actual result (Latest, final in June)
1 Forecast
2 Forecast in December
3 Forecast in September
4 Forecast in June
5 Forecast in March
6 Actual result 4 (March)
7 Actual result 3 (December)
8 Actual result 2 (September)
9 Actual result 1 (June)


Size of Enterprises (the 17th character)

Code Meaning
0 All Enterprises
1 Large Enterprises
2 Medium-sized Enterprises
3 Small Enterprises


Detail items (from the 18th to 20th character)

Group of Survey items Code Meaning
Percentage Share of the Number of Respondents Choosing Each Alternative(Judgement Survey) 010 Answer 1
020 Answer 2
030 Answer 3
Number of Enterprises Reporting Increase or Decrease in Current Profits 010 Increase in profits
020 Upturn in profits
030 Decrease in deficits
040 Subtotal for increase
050 Decrease in profits
060 Change from profits to deficits
070 Increase in deficits
080 Subtotal for decrease
090 Unchanged
Percentage Share of the Number of Respondents Choosing Each Alternative(Outlook for Output Prices) 010 Option 1
(Rate of changes relative to the current level, around +20%)
020 Option 2
(Rate of changes relative to the current level, around +15%)
030 Option 3
(Rate of changes relative to the current level, around +10%)
040 Option 4
(Rate of changes relative to the current level, around +5%)
050 Option 5
(Rate of changes relative to the current level, around 0%)
060 Option 6
(Rate of changes relative to the current level, around -5%)
070 Option 7
(Rate of changes relative to the current level, around -10%)
080 Option 8
(Rate of changes relative to the current level, around -15%)
090 Option 9
(Rate of changes relative to the current level, around -20%)
100 Don't know
Percentage Share of the Number of Respondents Choosing Each Alternative(Outlook for General Prices) 110 Option 11
(In annual percent rate change, around +6%)
120 Option 12
(In annual percent rate change, around +5%)
130 Option 13
(In annual percent rate change, around +4%)
140 Option 14
(In annual percent rate change, around +3%)
150 Option 15
(In annual percent rate change, around +2%)
160 Option 16
(In annual percent rate change, around +1%)
170 Option 17
(In annual percent rate change, around 0%)
180 Option 18
(In annual percent rate change, around -1%)
190 Option 19
(In annual percent rate change, around -2%)
200 Option 20
(In annual percent rate change, around -3%)
900 Don't have clear views on General Prices(Sum of Option 21-23)
210 Option 21
(Don't have clear views on General Prices:Uncertainty over the future outlook is high)
220 Option 22
(Don't have clear views on General Prices:Not really conscious of inflation fluctuations because they should not influence the strategy of the institution)
230 Option 23
(Don't have clear views on General Prices:Other )
Other 000 Ordinary figures