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It would be in the trades best interests for this sort of information to be freely available but in the absence of published figures from the Bicycle Association we have resorted to other means to compile the rounded-up figures below.
The totals for 1999, we feel, are accurate up until September. The figures for the last three months of the year are projections.
PRODUCTION TOTALS
1996
2.44 million
1997
2.5 million
1998
2.3 million
1999
2.387 million
MONTHLY BREAKDOWN: 1998
Jan 80 000
Feb 116 000
Mar 164 000
Apr 173 000
May 166 600
June 227 500
July 235 000
Aug 208 400
Sept 210 000
Oct 274 000
Nov 265 000
Dec 198 200
2.3 million
MONTHLY BREAKDOWN: 1999
Jan 72 500
Feb 105 000
Mar 177 000
Apr 187 000
May 174 700
June 219 000
July 254 000
Aug 220 000
Sept 224 000
Oct 280 000
Nov 273 000
Dec 201 000
2.387 million
