STATISTICS

May 2008 Domestic Shipments of Major Consumer Electronic Equipment (thousand units, % = in comparison with the previous year)

  May 2008 2008 total to date
thousand units % thousand units %
Color TVs 16 35.1 102 28.1
Plasma display panel (PDP) TVs and monitors 78 116.4 361 116.0
    Screen sizes less than 43 inches
    Screen sizes 44 inches and above
62
16
108.6
160.9
298
63
113.1
132.0
Liquid crystal device (LCD) TVs 573 116.9 3,029 121.5
    16:9
        Screen sizes less than 29 inches
        Screen sizes from 30 inches to 36 inches
        Screen sizes 37 inches and above
562
207
186
169
124.1
126.6
104.0
153.0
2,951
1,199
933
819
132.7
139.4
113.6
150.9
VTRs 11 59.1 78 57.1
DVD video players 336 84.1 1,920 97.7
    Recording / reproducing 171 81.6 1,000 97.2
    Players 165 86.8 920 98.2
    With VTR 35 61.4 245 85.6
DVD playersbased onBlue -Ray and /orHD/DVD 82 2,223.3 333 1,489.5
   Video cameras with recorders 81 117.7 578 106.9
   Video projection units 2 108.2 6 66.2
   Antennas for satellite broadcasting / communication satellite broadcasting 75 100.4 360 104.4
   Tuners for digital communication satellite broadcasting 11 63.7 67 70.0
Radio receivers 154 96.9 783 99.7
Cassette recorders with radio and CD players 103 91.4 573 100.3
Compact disc (CD) players 52 104.3 266 107.2
Mini disc (MD) players 14 53.6 76 45.8
Stereo sets 61 70.3 335 71.2
Digital audio players 383 109.0 2,585 109.6
    Flash memory-type 347 113.6 2,198 107.6
amplifiers 15 104.2 79 90.6
speaker systems 36 123.8 164 126.7
Car navigation systems 367 104.5 1,873 105.8
    DVD-ROM-type
    HDD-type (other )
96
271
75.4
121.1
537
1,336
76.3
125.2
Car color TVs 95 118.3 502 112.9
Car DVD players 29 124.8 149 125.4
Car cassette stereos 32 81.5 168 83.2
Car compact disc players 490 103.5 2,724 103.3
Vehicle ETC units 312 104.2 1,640 103.3