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CFL Sales Holding at About One in Every Four Household Lamps Sold

Craig DiLouie May 26, 2009

NEMA’s incandescent and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) indices for Q109 declined 2.4% and 4.6% respectively compared to the previous quarter. The incandescent lamp shipments index showed a decline of 16.9% on a year-over-year basis, nearly reaching the all-time low set during the third quarter of 2008. Since the beginning of 2007, the incandescent index has declined in 6 of the 9 previous quarters. CFL shipments declined 14.8% on a year-over-year basis following a gain of 11% during the fourth quarter of 2008.

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Market penetration of CFLs versus incandescent lamps increased to 23.3% from the fourth quarter 2008 level of 22.5%. Although its share has drifted lower from the record high of 25.3% set back in the third quarter of last year, the ratio of CFLs sold continues to hover around one in every four household lamps.

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