May 2020 CIPA numbers: everything is 40% to 50% down compared to last year



CIPA released their camera production data for May, 2020 (orange: 2020, black: 2019, blue: 2018, click for larger view):

May 2020 CIPA numbers

Year to Date:

(All comparisons to Jan-May 2019)

DSLR Units : 845K, -54% YTD

DSLR Shipped Value: ¥36.7 billion -51%

Mirrorless Units: 845K , -42%

Mirrorless Shipped Value: ¥60.2 billion -44%

Compact Units: 1.31m -52%

Compact Shipped Value: ¥26.9 billion -48%

Lenses for smaller than 35mm Units: 1.9 million -48%

Lenses for smaller than 35mm Shipped Value: ¥27.1 billion -47%

Lenses for 35mm and larger Units: 1.1 million, -46%

Lenses for 35mm and larger Shipped Value: ¥55.3 billion -44%

Mirrorless unit share (of Mirrorless + DSLR) 50% (was 44% Jan-May 2019)

Mirrorless Shipped Value share 62.1% (was 59.1% Jan-May 2019)

The ratio of lenses shipped to bodies shipped is 1.78 for Jan-May 2020. It was 1.74 Jan-May 2019

List of participating CIPA companies can be found here. Source: CIPA, via NikonRumors (thanks ZoetMB)


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