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1H FY2017 Earnings Results Briefing (Reference Materials) １H FY2017 Earnings Results Briefing (Reference materials) December 1, 2017 Contents Okayama Prefecture’s Industrial Structure Chugoku Bank’s Management Indicators Profit and Loss Statement 22 Okayama Prefecture’s Economic Scale 4 Ordinary Revenue Breakdown 24 Okayama Prefecture’s Industrial Structure 6 Ordinary Expense Breakdown 25 Expense Breakdown 26 Okayama Prefecture’s Growth Infrastructure and Potential 8 Major Yields 27 Major Accounts (year-end balance) 28 Major Accounts (average balance) 30 Deposits (year-end and average balance) 32 Loans (year-end and average balance) 34 Okayama Prefecture’s Economic Trends Loans by Industry 36 Share of Total Deposits/Share of Total Loans 38 Okayama BSI 14 Securities 40 Balance/Duration by Remaining Number of Years to Maturity for Securities 41 Industrial Production and Exports 15 Housing Loans 42 Capital Investment and Public Investment 16 Non-Performing Loans 43 Consumer Spending 17 Debtor Classification Transition 44 Capital Adequacy Ratio Trends 46 Housing Investment 18 Capital Allocation and Integration Risks 47 Employment and Income 19 Use of Allocated Capital and Risk Exposure Assumptions 48 Group Company Performance Trends 49 Land Prices and Corporate Bankruptcies 20 Key Press Releases 50 Profile and Branch (office) Network 51 Okayama Prefecture’s Industrial Structure Okayama Prefecture’s Economic Scale Nationwide Items Actual Rank Source Survey date ranking (%) Nationwide survey on size Area 7,114 km2 1.9 17 of villages, townships, Oct. 2016 cities, and prefectures Population 1,928,000 1.5 21 Population estimate Jan. 2017 Number of Households 835,989 1.5 17 Population estimate Jan. 2017 Prefectural gross production (nominal) 7.2428 trillion yen 1.4 21 Prefectural accounts FY2014 Number of private enterprises 83,993 1.5 21 Economic census Jun. 2016 Number of employees working at private enterprises 830,804 1.5 20 Economic census Jun. 2016 Statistics of Source: Agricultural yield 132.2 billion yen 1.5 23 Agricultural Income 2015 Produced Product shipments 7.7886 trillion yen 2.5 15 Economic census 2015 Information and communication industry sales 145.8 billion yen 0.3 21 Economic census 2013 Wholesale and retail industry sales 4.9866 trillion yen 1.0 19 Economic census 2013 Real estate industry sales and lease of goods 264.0 billion yen 0.7 17 Economic census 2013 Hotel and restaurant industry sales 236.4 billion yen 1.2 23 Economic census 2013 Life related services and entertainment industry sales 372.6 billion yen 1.1 25 Economic census 2013 Healthcare and welfare sales 1.1158 trillion yen 1.2 17 Economic census 2013 Construction output 626.5 billion yen 1.2 24 Construction statistics 2016 New housing starts 13,405 1.4 19 Housing start statistics 2016 Customs and trade 2.1694 trillion yen 1.6 11 Trade figures by port 2016 Materials-4 (Trillion yen) (Trillion Okayama Prefecture’s Economic Scale Prefecture’s Okayama 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0 Source: FY2014 Cabinet Office’s Annual Report on Prefectural Accounts Prefectural on Report Annual Office’s Cabinet FY2014 Source: Tokyo Osaka yen)(FY2014)Change (Trillion YoY Prefecture andby ProductionGross Nominal Aichi Kanagawa Saitama Chiba Hyogo Hokkaido Fukuoka Shizuoka Ibaraki Hiroshima Kyoto Miyagi Niigata Tochigi Gunma Nagano Mie Fukushima Okayama Gifu Nominal prefectural gross production (left axis) (left production gross prefectural Nominal Yamaguchi Shiga Kumamoto Kagoshima Ehime Iwate axis) (right growth YoY Ishikawa Toyama Aomori Nagasaki Oita Okinawa Yamagata Kagawa Miyazaki Wakayama Nara Akita Fukui Yamanashi Tokushima Saga Shimane Kochi Tottori -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 (%) Materials-5 Okayama Prefecture’s Industrial Structure (1) Gross production by economic activity (%) Govt. Construction Wholesale service Finance Manufacturing Services Real estate Retail producer Transport Insurance Other *Total figures may not be 100% due to rounding. Source: Cabinet Office’s Annual Report on Prefectural Accounts Ratio of goods and services imports/exports (net) to prefectural gross production (nominal) (%) 10.0 Hiroshima Prefecture 5.0 Okayama Prefecture 0.0 -5.0 Kagawa Prefecture -10.0 FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 Source: Cabinet Office’s Annual Report on Prefectural Accounts Materials-6 Okayama Prefecture’s Industrial Structure (2) Breakdown of manufactured goods shipments (2015) Food/Bev. Textiles Chemicals Petroleum Steel General Electric Transport Other machinery machinery machinery Okayama Nationwide Source: METI, “2016 Economic Census for Business Activity – Tabulation concerning the Manufacturing Industry” Okayama Prefecture Mizushima Industrial Area’s presence Ratio of manufactured goods from the Mizushima Breakdown of manufactured goods from the Industrial Area versus total Okayama Mizushima Industrial Area by industry (2015) manufactured goods shipments (2015) Steel Other 26.4 Mizushima Industrial Area Other regions 42.0 Manufactured 47.4 Manufactured 52.6 goods shipments goods shipments ¥7.7886 trillion ¥3.6916 trillion 18.6 Chemicals 13.0 Transport machinery Source: “2016 Economic Census for Business Activity – Tabulation Source: Same as on the left by Industry” Okayama Prefecture Materials-7 Okayama Prefecture’s Growth Infrastructure and Potential (1) Population/No. of Households in Chugoku/Shikoku Region (People/ households) Tottori Shimane Okayama Hiroshima Yamaguchi Tokushima Kagawa Ehime Kochi (%) 3,000,000 1.0 2,000,000 0.0 1,000,000 -1.0 0 -2.0 -1,000,000 -3.0 Population No. of households Population growth Change in no. of households -2,000,000 -4.0 Source: “Survey of Population, Demographics and Number of Households Based on the Basic Resident Register,” Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Note: Population and number of households is for January 1, 2017; The change in population and households is a comparison between January 2016 and January 2017. Number of people moving to prefectures in the Chugoku-Shikoku region (in excess of the number of people leaving) (People) Tottori Shimane Okayama Hiroshima Yamaguchi Tokushima Kagawa Ehime Kochi 1,000 0 -1,000 -2,000 -3,000 -4,000 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 -5,000 Source: Population transfer report based on basic resident registrations, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Materials-8 Okayama Prefecture’s Growth Infrastructure and Potential (2) Population trends for Okayama Prefecture 2,500 (thousand) Estimates 1,945 2,000 1,922 1,868 1,811 1,749 1,682 1,611 1,500 1,000 500 0 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 Source: National Institute of Population and Social Security Research Future population trends for the Chugoku-Shikoku region (2010 indexed at 100) 100 Tottori 95 Shimane 90 Okayama Hiroshima 85 Yamaguchi Tokushima 80 Kagawa Ehime 75 Kochi 70 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 Source: National Institute of Population and Social Security Research Materials-9 Okayama Prefecture’s Growth Infrastructure and Potential (3) Youth population ratio trends in the Chugoku-Shikoku region 13.0 (%) 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 12.0 11.0 10.0 9.0 8.0 Tottori Shimane Okayama Hiroshima Yamaguchi Tokushima Kagawa Ehime Kochi Source: National Institute of Population and Social Security Research Cumulative total for number of prefectural plant sites and site areas (ha) (Sites) 2,000 1,200 Area (left axis) 996 No. of sites (right axis) 837 1,000 741 1,500 686 800 617 1,303.2 552 1,672.6 600 1,088.0 349 339 365 1,000 887.4 1,178.2 400 743.3 200 452.8 500 399.6 428.0 - (200) - (400) Tottori Shimane Okayama Hiroshima Yamaguchi Tokushima Kagawa Ehime Kochi Note: Acquired sites 1,000 sq. meters or larger. Cumulative for the period from January 1988 to December 2016; Excludes the electric power industry from 2015 onward Source: Chugoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, Shikoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Materials-10 Okayama Prefecture’s Growth Infrastructure and Potential (4) Okayama evolving as an industrial areaOkayama area Chugoku-Shikoku crossing point Extensive transportation infrastructure Rich natural environment* Disperse disaster risk * Due to its many sunny days and mild climate, Okayama is called the “Land of Sunshine.” It also has a low risk of natural disasters such as typhoons and earthquakes. Ongoing construction of distribution sites Area taken up by commercial sites in Okayama is the largest in the Chugoku-Shikoku area* *Okayama Prefecture Warehouse Association survey (areas for warehouses in categories 1-3) Example of optimal site: Okayama IC Logistics Center Okayama’s largest distribution facility launched in 2015 The Japan Post also launched “Okayama Post Office” in May 2017 Manufacturers and distribution companies using Okayama as their main location for West Japan Key crossing point between Chugoku-Shikoku area and West Japan Distribution to East Japan possible during emergencies Accelerating development of sites for plants Private and public sectors are working together to develop infrastructure and invite companies to the prefecture New construction and expansion of plants are ongoing in the industrial zones in the northern part of prefecture Lack of industrial land in southern part of prefecture Signs of robust sales of industrial zone lots by the private Source: Okayama Prefecture website sector Okayama prefecture and Okayama city are developing an industrial zone to the south of the airport Materials-11 Okayama Prefecture’s Growth Infrastructure and Potential (5) Attractive city, people, and business environmentAttractive environment Number of visitors for tourism
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