How many radar detectors were sold in the USA last year ?  How many
were sold worldwide last year?

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Request for Question Clarification by googlenut-ga on 06 Jan 2004 22:00 PST

Hello mags311-ga,

I have found a number for the radar detector units sold in the US in
2003.  I have also found the total US factory sales in millions of
dollars per year for 1998 through 2003.

However, I have not been able to find worldwide data.

If this information would be helpful, please let me know and I will
post it as the answer.

If you prefer, you can wait to see if another researcher is able to
find the worldwide data.

Googlenut

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Clarification of Question by mags311-ga on 07 Jan 2004 05:11 PST

Please post the US Data. I will follow up for Worldwide data at
another time. Thanks.

Hello mags311-ga,

An article at ?This Week In Consumer Electronics? gives the US radar
detector sales at about 1.7 million units in 2003.

Radar Takes On POP Guns, By Amy Gilroy
TWICE, 11/10/2003
http://www.twice.com/index.asp?layout=story&articleId=CA334781&pubdate=11/10/2003&display=searchResults
?Radar detector sales are down slightly from last year, at about 1.7
million units, with sales expected to remain flat or up by a few
percentage points in 2004, said suppliers.?


Also, from the Cincinnati Enquirer:

Escort finds profit in new product 
By Mike Boyer, Thursday, December 4, 2003
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/12/04/biz_escort.html
?Blair estimates Escort sells about 25 percent of the roughly 1.5
million radar detector units purchased annually. The market is down
from its peak of 3 million units in the late 1980s.?



According to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA):

Digital America
Vehicle Security & Radar Detectors
http://www.ce.org/publications/books_references/digital_america/mobile/veh_security.asp
?Factory sales of radar detectors, which tailed off to an estimated
$134 million last year after holding steady at $170 million in 2000
and 2001, are expected to slip again to $123 million in 2003.?



I found more detailed CEA data at the website of the Hollywood Post Alliance.


2003 Forecast Highlights
http://www.hpaonline.com/files/public/CEA_Consensus_2003.pdf

?Total Factory Sales of Consumer Electronics
(millions of dollars)
                                    Est. Proj
                1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Radar Detectors  160  165  170  170  134  123?

(See page 5)


1997 ? 2002 CEA Market Research
U.S. Consumer Electronics
Sales & Forecasts
http://www.hpaonline.com/files/public/Consumer_Electronics_Sales_and_Forecasts.pdf
?Both units and dollars in this report reflect total industry sales
(domestic sales and imports to the U.S.). For all video products and
some home information equipment products, units reported are sales to
dealers, and dollars are factory sales.?


?Total Factory Sales of Consumer Electronics
(millions of dollars)
                                    Est. Proj.
                1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Radar Detectors  140  160  165  170  170  134?

(See page 10)



I hope you have found this information helpful.  If you have any
questions, please request clarification prior to rating the answer.

Googlenut


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Thanks for the data, the research was done quick and accurate.