Tablet sales are expected to more than triple to nearly 61 million units this year from just 18 million units last year, according to industry tracker iSuppli.

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That means, in appropriate cases, barring CEOs and company business units that committed fraud from working in the same industry or receiving federal program dollars.

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If we assume 14% unit growth annually from 2013 through 2017 (which could be higher some years and lower in other years) the industry will grow from less than 600 M units in 2012 to over 1 B units shipped by 2016 or 2017 as shown in Figure 2.

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The worst drop in volumes came from Russia, where units sold fell 22.0%, as industry sellers reduced their stock.

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During the recent economic downturn that brought havoc throughout the global auto industry Ford saw production slump from 5.532 million units in 2008 to 4.817 million units in 2009.

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In the U.S., Ford is expecting industry sales of 13 million to 13.5 million units, up from 11.8 million in 2010.

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The result: Sales of CDs fell more than 30% to 614.9 million units last year from a peak of 881.9 million in 2000, according to the Recording Industry Association.

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