Camera & Imaging Products Association
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JapanPRESS RELEASE
February 22, 2022
Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA)

2022 Outlook on the Shipment by Product-Type Concerning Cameras and Related Goods

The Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA: President Shigeki Ishizuka) has announced theoutlook on the shipment by product-type concerning cameras and related goods for the 2022
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Track record of shipments 2021

Total shipments of digital cameras were 94.1% those of the previous year, and the mainstay"interchangeable lens" type cameras were 100.8%.
In 2021 (January to December cumulative), the total shipments of digital cameras were 8,361,521 units,
94.1% of the previous year (the attached table is in units of 10,000).
Although the market continued to expand significantly since such statistics started being kept in 1999,
it decreased in 2009 for the first time due to the impact of the worldwide economic recession, decreased
in 2011 due to the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the flooding in Thailand, and thencontinued to decrease. Although it started to increase in 2017, it has fallen below the previous year’slevel for four consecutive years since 2018.
However, shipments of interchangeable lens digital cameras, the mainstay type that now accounts formore than 60% of total shipments, were 5,348,271 units, 100.8% of the previous year.
Interchangeable lens digital cameras are high-value-added products consisting of SLR (single lensreflex) camera and mirrorless cameras, and by combining a wide variety of interchangeable lenses, they
can achieve high image quality that distinguishes them from smartphones and exhibit overwhelming
expressiveness. The performance of interchangeable lens digital camera is directly linked to theexpansion of demand for interchangeable lenses, therefore, this performance is a barometer of theindustry.
The shortage of semiconductor supply has affected many industries, and this industry is no exception,1

but the results show that there is still strong demand for digital cameras.
Shipments of built-in lens cameras (non-interchangeable lens type) remained at 3,013,250 units, or
84.2% of the previous year.
A comparison of digital camera “Shipments to Japan” and “Shipments to countries other than Japan”
shows 89.2% and 94.9%, respectively, of the previous year.
Although shipments of built-in lens type “to Japan” were 90.6% of the previous-year figure andexceeded “Shipments to countries other than Japan,” at 82.2%, the figure for interchangeable lens type
“Shipments to Japan” was 86.4%, and there was a significant difference from “Shipments to countries
other than Japan” of 102.1%.

Interchangeable lenses, another mainstay product, were 105.8% of the previous year.
Shipments of interchangeable lenses, another mainstay product in this industry, totaled 9,549,347,
105.8% of the previous year.
This level is about 1.8 times that of interchangeable lens digital cameras (body side) (for every
interchangeable lens digital camera, 1.8 units of interchangeable lenses were shipped in 2021),
demonstrating that interchangeable lenses are a mainstay product.
Buying more interchangeable lenses is an approach to broadening the range of expression with digital
cameras, and it's a testament to the passion and motivation many people have for photography evenunder the prolonged COVID-19 disasters.
A comparison of interchangeable lenses as a whole “Shipments to Japan” and “Shipments to countries
other than Japan” shows 86.6% of the previous year “Shipments to Japan” and 108.0% of the previousyear for “Shipments to countries other than Japan,” showing the same trend as interchangeable lensdigital cameras.

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2022 Shipping Outlook

In 2022 (January to December cumulative), the total shipments of digital cameras will be 7,850,000
units, 93.9% of the previous year, including 1,090,000 units “to Japan,” at 94%, and 6,760,000 units “tocountries other than Japan,” at 93.8%.
By category, 2,560,000 units for built-in lens digital cameras, which is 85.0% of the previous year, with680,000 units “to Japan,” at 88.3%, and 1,880,000 units “to countries other than Japan,” at 83.9%, and5,290,000 units for interchangeable lens digital cameras, at 98.9%, with 410,000 units “to Japan,” at2

105.1%, and 4,880,000 units “to countries other than Japan,” at 98.4%.
9,480,000 units for interchangeable lenses, which is 99.3% of the previous year, including 860,000
units “to Japan,” at 108.9%, and 8,620,000 units “to countries other than Japan,” at 98.4%.
It was not easy to summarize the “outlook” in the midst of the prolonged COVID-19 disasters, but
shipments of interchangeable lenses are expected to continue to grow at 1.8 times the scale ofinterchangeable lens digital cameras and to stimulate the market with such cameras.

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PRESS RELEASE

February 22, 2022

2022 Outlook on the Shipment by Product-Type Concerning Cameras and Related Goods
Camera & Imaging Produces Association
In 10,000 units
Total Shipments
Shipments to Japan

Shipments to countries other than Japan

ActualYearYearActual
YearYearActualYearYearForecast for
Forecast for
Forecast forresults for on-year
on-year results for on-year
on-year results for on-year
on-year
2022
2022
2022
2021
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Digital cameras (total)

836

94.1%

785

93.9%

116

89.2%

109

94.0%

721

94.9%

676

93.8%

Built-in lenscameras

301

84.2%

256

85.0%

77

90.6%

68

88.3%

224

82.2%

188

83.9%

Interchangeablelens cameras

535 100.8%

529

98.9%

3986.4%41 105.1%

496 102.1%

488

98.4%

955 105.8%

948

99.3%

79

86.6%

86 108.9%876 108.0%

862

98.4%

Lenses forinterchangeablelens cameras

Notes: Figures may not add up due to rounding.

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