Consumer goods peaking

Circuits Assembly, March, 2005

Arlington, VA -- Manufacturer-to-dealer sales of consumer electronics will reach a record-high of $125.7 billion in 2005, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (ce.org), an 11% climb year-on-year. Meanwhile, the trade group estimates 2004 was up 11%, to $113.5 billion.

Digital TV sales rose 78% to $10.7 billion. MP3 player unit sales more than doubled, to 6.9 million units, and are forecast to hit 10 million units in 2005. Mobile navigation devices sales topped $782 million, up 35%, and will reach $935 million in 2005, CEA said. Also, the electronic storage market will reach $6 billion this year.