Data on acoustic guitar manufacturing and/or sales?

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Originally Posted by rufjbn

Are there any good public sources of information on manufacture and sales of acoustic guitars? Is there any publicly available data on the number of units and/or the total value of acoustic guitars manufactured and sold worldwide, and/or in the E.U., Asia, and/or U.S.A? Which manufacturers produce the largest number of units or the largest value of acoustic guitars? Which retailers sell the most (number of units and/or total value)? Which models of acoustic guitars are manufactured and/or sold in the largest quantities? How does acoustic guitar manufacturing and retail sales vary over time (e.g., from year to year)?

Do private companies (Fender, Martin, Gibson etc) release manufacturing and/or sales data? What about publicly traded companies (e.g., Yamaha)?

The data is available from the music trade organizations, you just have to be willing to pay for it. Here is one example:https://www.musictrades.com