The February 2020 CIPA numbers are worse then January



CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their February 2020 report (orange: 2020, black: 2019, blue: 2018, click for larger view):

February 2020 CIPA numbers Year to Date (all comparisons to Jan-Feb 2019):

DSLR Units : 460K, -25% YTD

DSLR Shipped Value: ¥20.2 million -27%

Mirrorless Units: 439K , -4%

Mirrorless Shipped Value: ¥30.2 million -13%

Compact Units: 585K, -33%

Compact Shipped Value: ¥12.7 million -19%

Lenses for smaller than 35mm Units: 1004K, -17%

Lenses for smaller than 35mm Shipped Value: ¥13.7 million, -23%

Lenses for 35mm and larger Units: 592K, -21%

Lenses for 35mm and larger Shipped Value: ¥29 million, -18%

Mirrorless unit share (of Mirrorless + DSLR) 49% (was 43% Jan-Feb 2019)

Mirrorless Shipped Value share 60% (was 55.7% Jan-Feb 2019)



List of participating CIPA companies can be found here.

Source: CIPA

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