Primary battery sales statistics by value
(source: Machinery statistics released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
Unit: million JPY
| Calendar year |
Total of primary batteries |
Zinc-carbon batteries |
Alkaline batteries |
Zinc silver oxide batteries |
Lithium batteries |
Others |
| 1986 |
140,679 |
78,319 |
32,626 |
14,381 |
|
15,353 |
| 1987 |
156,520 |
79,284 |
37,170 |
14,923 |
|
25,143 |
| 1988 |
166,931 |
75,974 |
41,144 |
16,691 |
|
33,122 |
| 1989 |
166,667 |
75,334 |
42,267 |
14,626 |
|
34,440 |
| 1990 |
184,979 |
81,782 |
43,156 |
17,849 |
|
42,192 |
| 1991 |
199,319 |
81,333 |
47,357 |
18,017 |
|
52,612 |
| 1992 |
199,864 |
83,423 |
49,821 |
17,686 |
|
48,934 |
| 1993 |
196,271 |
75,260 |
52,076 |
16,978 |
47,987 |
3,970 |
| 1994 |
199,144 |
70,226 |
54,328 |
14,871 |
55,400 |
4,319 |
| 1995 |
201,970 |
70,448 |
59,540 |
15,061 |
52,558 |
4,363 |
| 1996 |
192,933 |
57,998 |
71,615 |
14,292 |
45,418 |
3,610 |
| 1997 |
198,349 |
51,067 |
81,117 |
12,817 |
50,065 |
3,283 |
| 1998 |
200,045 |
46,418 |
86,056 |
13,160 |
51,572 |
2,839 |
| 1999 |
202,030 |
40,198 |
94,398 |
11,628 |
53,034 |
2,772 |
| 2000 |
195,781 |
31,065 |
91,261 |
12,116 |
58,992 |
2,347 |
| 2001 |
172,300 |
25,933 |
83,364 |
10,841 |
49,966 |
2,196 |
| 2002 |
164,972 |
23,054 |
74,609 |
11,036 |
52,737 |
3,536 |
| 2003 |
153,042 |
17,767 |
73,235 |
10,848 |
48,310 |
2,882 |
| 2004 |
148,744 |
14,914 |
67,862 |
10,814 |
46,398 |
8,756 |
| 2005 |
145,349 |
11,585 |
65,853 |
10,345 |
43,392 |
14,174 |
| 2006 |
144,821 |
10,362 |
61,593 |
10,080 |
49,202 |
13,584 |
| 2007 |
143,205 |
8,462 |
61,083 |
10,668 |
50,793 |
12,199 |
| 2008 |
133,167 |
5,651 |
64,273 |
10,303 |
49,008 |
3,932 |
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