CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2022, black: 2021, blue: 2020):
June 2022 CIPA numbers by ZoetMB
CIPA has predicted 5.29 million DSLR and Mirrorless bodies for calendar 2022 and Nikon has predicted a market of 5.1 million for April ‘22 to March ‘23. We predicted 4.3 to 4.9 million last month and are now predicting 4.75 to 5.14 million units compared to:
- 2021: 5.348 million
- 2020: 5.308 million
- 2019: 8.462 million
- 2018: 10.76 million
- 2017: 11.68 million
Mirrorless bodies now take 84.1% of ILC shipped value.
DSLR shipments fell off a cliff in May. They averaged 163,000 in the first four months of the year, but fell to 95,000 in May, but they jumped back again in June to 124,000 units.
Mirrorless units increased by almost 20,000 units in June but shipped value fell by ¥5 million, indicating lower priced units or discounting.
Compact units fell by about 1000 units in June, but shipped value increased by about ¥1 million, indicating higher priced units or higher pricing.
Jan-June 2022 Units & Shipped Value:
(All comparisons to YTD 2021)
DSLR Units : 872K –29% YTD
DSLR Shipped Value: ¥39.7 billion –19% YTD
Mirrorless Units: 1699K +9% YTD
Mirrorless Shipped Value: ¥210.4 billion +35% YTD
Compact Units: 918.4K –39% YTD
Compact Shipped Value: ¥28.5 billion -21% YTD
Lenses for smaller than 35mm Units: 2257K –14% YTD
Lenses for smaller than 35mm Shipped Value: ¥39.75 billion +3% YTD
Lenses for 35mm and larger Units: 2181K, 0% YTD
Lenses for 35mm and larger Shipped Value: ¥154.9 billion +31% YTD
Cumulative 2022 Mirrorless unit share (of Mirrorless + DSLR): 66.1% (was 56% YTD 2021)
Cumulative 2022 Mirrorless Shipped Value share: 84.1% (was 76.1% YTD 2021)
The ratio of lenses shipped to bodies shipped is 1.73 for YTD 2022. It was 1.73 for YTD 2021.
Year to Date 2022 Geographic Share:
DSLR:
Units: China 11.8%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 11.6%, Japan 4.1%, Europe 37.8%, Americas 33%, Other 1.6%
Shipped Value: China 19.2%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 13.3%, Japan 4.9%, Europe 31.1%, Americas 30.3%, Other 1.2%
Mirrorless:
Units: China 21.9%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 15.9%, Japan 9.5%, Europe 26.2%, Americas 23.3%, Other 3.1=3%
Shipped Value: China 24.1%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 16.1%, Japan 8.7%, Europe 22.4%, Americas 24.8%, Other 4.0%
Compacts:
Units: China 10.1%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 12.6%, Japan 23.5%, Europe 27.8%, Americas 21.8%, Other 4.1%
Shipped Value: China 15.3%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 14.2%, Japan 16.3%, Europe 27.5%, Americas 23.1%, Other 3.6%
Lenses:
Units: China 15.7%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 13.4%, Japan 9.4%, Europe 31.7%, Americas 26.5%, Other 3.3%
Shipped Value: China 18.7%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 13.9%, Japan 10.6%, Europe 27.4%, Americas 25.4%, Other 4.1%
