What is the global size of the market for sex toys, analysed for the
US, Far East, Europe and UK

<The sex toys industry is an expanding market. Many internet companies
are reporting huge growth in sales.

One of the problems with identifying the size of the market is that
governments don’t tend to analyse sales in this area. All figures
quoted are at best estimates and some vary widely according to who
quotes the figure. The figures quoted have come from a wide number of
sources. Links to these sources are given below.
U.S - $500 million to $1 billion per year.
U.K – in excess of £85 million
Europe - in excess of $136.2 million
Germany - in excess of 250 million Euros.
China -  in excess of $100 million per year.
Australia - $100 million per year>

Links
<The U.S spend over $1billion on sex toys.>
> http://www.erotica-readers.com/ERA/T-Truth.htm>

<Sex toys are a $500 million a year industry.>
<http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/health/sexshow_2001/sex_toys.html>

<About 50 million American appear to be favourably disposed to
vibrators and other sex toys.>
<http://www.xandria.com/learn/toysinsheets/index.shtml>

<Four in ten Britons use sex toys.>
<http://www.observer.co.uk/sex/story/0,12550,820219,00.html>

<Ann summers sells more than one million vibrators a year.>
<http://shopping.guardian.co.uk/clothes/story/0,1586,876194,00.html>

<European figures>
<http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/germany/07/18/uhse/>

<China - $100million per year.>
<http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501020527-238672,00.html>

<China bans mass media advertising of sex toys.>
<http://flatdisk.net/exonews/xtra/john_agar.htm>

<Australians buy $100 million worth of sex products each year.>
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,20826,00.html

<The Adult entertaintment industry sold $15billion worth of products >
<http://www.abbys-sex-toys.com/ownyourownstore.html>

<Asia Pacific is reported to be the largest adult online market from
2005>
<http://www.cmsinfo.com/info/798.html>



<Estimates of the adult industry>
<http://www.caslon.com.au/xcontentprofile.htm>

<Profile of sex toy users in the U.S from a survey carried out by
playgirl.>
<http://www.menstuff.org/issues/byissue/sexualitygeneralnb.html>


<Search strategy:>

<"sex toys" billion>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22sex+toys%22&as_q=billion>

<"sex toys" million>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22sex+toys%22+million>


<Hope this helps.>

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Request for Answer Clarification by kbwdick-ga on 12 Mar 2003 02:39 PST

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like to ask other related questions, do I have to ask additiona
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Clarification of Answer by belindalevez-ga on 12 Mar 2003 03:32 PST

<You will need to post additional questions. If you want me to
continue answering then you can specifically ask for me
(belindlevez-ga)in the question title.>

great answer considering no-one want to talk about this subject!!