Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Statistics



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October 2005
	Month			Year To Date
	2005	2004	Percent Change	2005	2004	Percent Change
Units Shipped
VHS	20	81	-75%	42	311	-86%
DVD	593	598	-1%	2590	2818	-8%
Singles	22	67	-67%	206	400	-49%
CD	5272	6093	-13%	36780	37388	-2%
Grand Total	5907	6839	-14%	39618	40917	-3%
Net Value of Shipments
VHS	141	502	-72%	57	1674	-97
DVD	9818	8313	18%	38824	39988	-3%
Singles	113	252	-55%	794	1817	-56%
CD	58329	65119	-10%	397502	400878	-1%
Grand Total	68401	74186	-8%	437177	444357	-2%

Sales information is supplied by members of CRIA and tabulated by Grant Thornton without audit.

The categories of DCC/Mini Disc and Cassette Single have been eliminated from the report due to negligible sales.

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