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Article: Asian imports, UTVs take bite out of U.S. adult ATV sales.(Trendline)

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December 26, 2005
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EDITOR'S NOTE: During November, Powersports Business surveyed 150 U.S. ATV dealers about business conditions in the ATV segment. The survey was conducted by Power Products Marketing, a Minneapolis research firm. The participating dealers collectively sold more than 45,000 ATVs through October, about 8% of the actual market. Dealers were asked about their new and used ATV sales and inventories, anticipated Christmas season promotions and most popular selling attachments and accessories. This first part of the two-part report, includes an updated analysis of Chinese and Taiwanese ATV imports.

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