Battery Association of Japan

Secondary battery sales statistics by value
(source: Machinery statistics released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

Unit: million JPY
Calendar year Total of secondary batteries For vehicles Other lead-acid batteries Small sealed-type batteries Stationary nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries Nickel cadmium Nickel metal-hydride Lithium ion
Pocket-type Sintered-type
1986 271,806 156,566 46,385 - 3,709 4,807 60,339 - -
1987 288,132 152,776 51,790 - 3,755 5,243 74,568 - -
1988 323,021 159,927 62,614 - 3,521 5,711 91,248 - -
1989 336,362 160,447 65,049 - 4,149 5,912 100,805 - -
1990 377,266 168,697 74,365 - 3,787 5,385 125,032 - -
1991 381,406 146,707 79,555 - 3,644 5,783 145,717 - -
1992 375,957 141,016 72,351 - 3,381 5,093 154,116 - -
1993 368,135 124,467 45,444 25,914 2,925 4,675 134,199 30,511 -
1994 404,568 122,133 43,003 24,225 2,801 4,338 134,915 73,153 -
1995 449,718 121,413 42,578 21,820 2,096 3,878 126,921 93,430 37,582
1996 517,106 116,501 45,493 19,845 1,947 4,211 101,812 89,349 137,948
1997 591,867 107,891 44,103 18,460 2,067 3,527 107,342 102,962 205,515
1998 593,064 100,755 41,576 16,153 1,674 2,964 88,056 98,992 242,894
1999 608,003 100,442 39,546 15,401 4,845 76,617 108,217 262,935
2000 645,480 102,176 42,248 15,382 4,967 68,211 116,872 295,624
2001 540,472 96,271 44,875 12,120 4,057 58,404 76,538 248,207
2002 516,029 91,189 38,672 10,074 4,316 57,120 63,692 250,966
2003 533,605 83,081 38,275 9,477 3,053 44,596 49,575 305,548
2004 536,719 84,213 38,350 9,014 3,520 43,122 64,749 293,751
2005 542,973 82,465 40,816 8,647 2,949 41,859 77,089 289,148
2006 572,452 84,665 42,414 9,545 3,374 37,987 90,202 304,265
2007 666,838 105,456 45,338 9,783 3,222 46,934 122,684 333,421
2008 740,985 119,556 52,221 10,474 3,104 37,242 127,965 390,423