CCTV cameras

CCTV cameras are among security products that have been forecast to maintain a steady growth trajectory until 2008. Mainland China and Taiwan are increasing their presence as providers of CCTV cameras. The mainland produced at least US$200 million worth of CCTV cameras in 2006. Taiwan's share of the global market, meanwhile, was estimated to be at least 25 percent. CCTV camera manufacturing in mainland China is centered in Guangdong province, which hosts about 80 percent of makers. In Taiwan, production is still largely maintained in Taipei. The CCTV camera exports of respondents accounted for 74.3 percent of their 2004 total annual CCTV camera sales. In 2006, mainland China and Taiwan makers exported US$296.2 million and US$176.5 million worth of CCTV cameras, respectively. Asia and North America are the leading export destinations. They accounted for 42.9 percent and 70.8 percent of export sales of respondents in mainland China and Taiwan, respectively.