CIPA January 2023 numbers: every category was down


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

January 2023 CIPA numbers by ZoetMB

January 2023 was not a good month for the industry. Every sales category was down compared to January 2022.

In January, Mirrorless took 78.5% of ILC units and 89.7% of shipped value.

CIPA is predicting 5.72 million DSLR and Mirrorless bodies and 9.39 million lenses for calendar 2023. That compares to:

2022: 5.927 million (+10.8%) bodies, 9.7 million lenses.
2021: 5.348 million bodies, 9.55 million lenses.
2020: 5.308 million bodies, 9 million lenses
2019: 8.462 million, 14.2 million lenses
2018: 10.76 million, 18 million lenses
2017: 11.68 million, 19.22 million lenses
2016: 11.61 million, 19.19 million lenses
2015: 13.06 million, 21.7 million lenses
2014: 13.84 million, 22.9 million lenses
2013: 17.13 million, 26.7 million lenses
2012: 20.16 million, 30.4 million lenses
2011: 15.69 million, 26.0 million lenses
2010: 12.89 million, 21.69 million lenses
2009: 9.91 million, 16.1 million lenses
2008: 9.7 million, 15.7 million lenses
2007: 8.26 million, 12.5 million lenses

Jan 2023:  Units & Shipped Value:
(All comparisons to YTD 2022)

DSLR Units : 56,300 68% YTD
DSLR Shipped Value: ¥2.7 billion -59% YTD

Mirrorless Units: 205,930 -8.4% YTD
Mirrorless Shipped Value: ¥23.8 billion -11% YTD

Compact Units: 112,539  -37% YTD
Compact Shipped Value: ¥4.636 billion -9% YTD

Lenses for smaller than 35mm Units: 227,564  -36% YTD
Lenses for smaller than 35mm Shipped Value: ¥4.55 billion -15% YTD

Lenses for 35mm and larger Units: 281,384 -22% YTD
Lenses for 35mm and larger Shipped Value: ¥20.9 billion -6% YTD

Cumulative 2023 Mirrorless unit share (of Mirrorless + DSLR): 78.5% (was 56.1% YTD 2022)

Cumulative 2023 Mirrorless Shipped Value share: 89.7% (was 79.9% YTD 2022)

The ratio of lenses shipped to bodies shipped is 1.94 for YTD 2022.  It was 1.79 for YTD 2021.

Full-year 2022 Geographic Share: (Asia doesn’t include China or Japan)

DSLR:
Units: China 07.8%, Asia 13.2%, Japan 3.8%, Europe 42.2%, Americas 30.6%, Other 2.7%
Shipped Value: China 15.2%, Asia 21.1%, Japan 5.4%, Europe 30.7%, Americas 25.2%, Other 2.3%

Mirrorless:
Units: China 20.5%, Asia 20.7%, Japan 11.7%, Europe 21.8%, Americas 19.6%, Other 5.8%
Shipped Value: China 22.0%, Asia 21.1%, Japan 11.1%, Europe 20.7%, Americas 18.9%, Other 6.2%

Compacts:
Units: China 11.0%, Asia 13.7%, Japan 21.3%, Europe 28.3%, Americas 22.3%, Other 3.4%
Shipped Value: China 14.3%, Asia 13.4%, Japan 16.1%, Europe 28.2%, Americas 24.5%, Other 3.5%

Lenses:
Units: China 11.7%, Asia 15.3%, Japan 11.5%, Europe 29.6%, Americas 27.0%, Other 4.8%
Shipped Value: China 12.8%, Asia 16.4%, Japan 12.2%, Europe 28.3%, Americas 25.4%, Other 4.8%

List of participating CIPA companies can be found here.

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