March 2023 CIPA numbers released


CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2023, black: 2022, blue: 2021):

March 2023 CIPA numbers by ZoetMB 

March 2023 saw some slight declines in mirrorless shares and substantial increases over February shipments, but the average number of lenses sold per body dropped even though lens shipments also increased as compared to February.

CIPA is predicting 5.72 million DSLR and Mirrorless bodies and 9.39 million lenses for calendar 2023.   We’re predicting 4.2m-5.3m bodies.   That’s a substantial increase over last month’s prediction of 3.5-4.6 million.

That compares to:

2022: 5.927 million bodies (+10.8%), 9.7 million lenses (+1.6%).
2021: 5.348 million bodies (+0.75%), 9.55 million lenses (+6.1%)
2020: 5.308 million bodies (-37.3%), 9 million lenses (-36.6%)
2019: 8.462 million bodies (-21.4%), 14.2 million lenses (-21.1%)
2018: 10.76 million bodies (-7.9%), 18 million lenses (-6.4%)
2017: 11.68 million bodies (+0.6%) 19.22 million lenses (+0.156%)
2016: 11.61 million bodies (-11.1%), 19.19 million lenses (-11.6%)
2015: 13.06 million bodies (-5.6%), 21.7 million lenses (-5.2%)
2014: 13.84 million bodies (-19.2%), 22.9 million lenses (-14.2%)
2013: 17.13 million bodies (-15%), 26.7 million lenses (-12.2%)
2012: 20.16 million bodies (+28.5%), 30.4 million lenses (+16.9%)
2011: 15.69 million bodies (+21.7%), 26.0 million lenses (+19.9%)
2010: 12.89 million bodies (+30%), 21.69 million lenses (+34.7%)
2009: 9.91 million bodies (+2.2%), 16.1 million lenses (+2.5%)
2008: 9.7 million bodies (+17.4%), 15.7 million lenses (+25.6%)
2007: 8.26 million bodies, 12.5 million lenses

March 2023:  Units & Shipped Value:

(All comparisons to YTD 2022)

DSLR Units : 242,180 –52% YTD
DSLR Shipped Value: ¥11.19 billion –43% YTD

Mirrorless Units: 797,385 +22% YTD
Mirrorless Shipped Value: ¥91.2 billion +24% YTD

Compact Units: 364,478 –21% YTD
Compact Shipped Value: ¥14.4 billion +12% YTD

Lenses for smaller than 35mm Units: 897,291 -20% YTD
Lenses for smaller than 35mm Shipped Value: ¥16.36 billion -8% YTD

Lenses for 35mm and larger Units: 903,024 -11% YTD
Lenses for 35mm and larger Shipped Value: ¥68.04 billion +8% YTD

Cumulative 2023 Mirrorless unit share (of Mirrorless + DSLR): 76.7% (was 56.3% YTD 2022)
Cumulative 2023 Mirrorless Shipped Value share: 89.1% (was 78.9% YTD 2022)

The ratio of lenses shipped to bodies shipped is 1.73 for YTD 2023.  It was 1.84 for YTD 2022.

Full-year 2023 Geographic Share: (Asia doesn’t include China or Japan)

DSLR:
Units: China 09.1%, Asia 08.3%, Japan 3.4%, Europe 46.6%, Americas 30.6%, Other 2.0%
Shipped Value: China 16.2%, Asia 12.8%, Japan 4.8%, Europe 38.2%, Americas 26.2%, Other 1.9%

Mirrorless:
Units: China 22.3%, Asia 19.5%, Japan 12.9%, Europe 20.5%, Americas 20.4%, Other 4.4%
Shipped Value: China 25.5%, Asia 20.5%, Japan 11.1%, Europe 18.7%, Americas 19.2%, Other 4.9%

Compacts:
Units: China 11.5%, Asia 13.9%, Japan 25.6%, Europe 26.7%, Americas 18.6%, Other 3.7%
Shipped Value: China 14.5%, Asia 15.0%, Japan 17.9%, Europe 28.2%, Americas 20.7%, Other 3.8%

Lenses:
Units: China 15.3%, Asia 14.4%, Japan 12.2%, Europe 27.8%, Americas 26.2%, Other 4.1%
Shipped Value: China 17.6%, Asia 15.7%, Japan 11.5%, Europe 26.3%, Americas 24.5%, Other 4.4%

List of participating CIPA companies can be found here.

Via NikonRumors

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