March CIPA report: the downturn continues

• 7 years ago
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• Tags: CIPA reports

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their March report. The downturn continues - the total number of shipped digital cameras is lower compared to the same month in previous years (orange: 2018, black: 2017, blue: 2016, click for larger view). The table with the actual numbers can be found here:

DSLR numbers:

• compared to previous month (number of units/yen value): 118% / 125.4% (2* column)
• compared to same month last year (number of units/yen value): 98% / 105.9%  (3* column)

Mirrorless numbers:

• compared to previous month (number of units/yen value):  140.4% / 156.8% (2* column)
• compared to same month last year (number of units/yen value): 103% / 122.2%  (3* column)

Here are the other two graphs:

List of participating CIPA companies can be found here.