June 2022 CIPA numbers



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:

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%

List of participating CIPA companies can be found here.