AMERICAN CONSUMER ELECTRONICS MARKET BOOMING.

Consumer electronics sales are expected to reach a record of USD85 billion (Euro 82.5 billion) in 2000 in the United States, or a 5% increase over 1999, according to forecasts by the US Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Last year's sales came to approximately USD81 billion (Euro 78.6 billion), or an increase of 7% over 1998, according to a press release issued at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Sales of PCs are expected to amount to USD16.8 billion in 2000, or 16.8 million units, according to the CEA. According to the association, some 54% of...