Japanese Digital Camera Sales Slipping
According to a report released yesterday by
Japan’s Camera and Imaging Products Association, Japanese digital camera
manufacturers are expected to see sales rise by 8.4 percent this year compared
with previous estimates of 21 percent.
Worldwide sales of digital cameras by Japanese
manufactures, including Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus and others, will likely
total 64.8 million units this year the association said. Japanese manufacturers
shipped 59.8 million digital cameras last year, with 37.7 percent sales growth
over two years ago.
According to the report, global shipments of digital
cameras totaled 27.9 million units for the six months that ended June 30, a 5.5
percent increase over the same period last year. At the current sales pace,
Japanese manufacturers are not expected to meet this year’s estimate of
72.2 million units sold.
Sales in Japan are also slipping. The industry group
expects sales to fall 1.7 percent this year, a first for the Japanese digital
camera market. According to the report, the decline can be attributed to the
large number of Japanese homes that already own digital cameras and are not
shopping for new ones.
Source: DigitalCameraInfo
Posted: Wed - August 10, 2005 at 04:54 PM