Japan's biggest electronics industry body projected on Monday that the combined output of member makers will amount to 25.69 trillion yen in 2000, the second-largest output on record.

The Electronics Industries Association of Japan said the projected output, if realized, would signify a 9.2 percent rise over the preceding year and a sharp upward revision from the earlier released projection of 24.44 trillion yen.

The number would be almost identical to the record 25.87 trillion yen output logged in 1997, the association said.