LG Electronics outstrips Sony in LCD TV sales

SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it outstripped Japan's
Sony Corp. to become the world's second-largest maker of liquid crystal display
(LCD) TVs in the first half of 2009.

LG Electronics said it sold 6.74 million units of LCD TVs globally during the
January-June period, including 3.55 million units in the second quarter.
Second-quarter LCD TV sales soared 48 percent from a year earlier, it said.
Sony announced Thursday it sold 3.2 million units in the April-June period, with
its first half sales reaching 6.54 million units.
LG held a 12.6 percent market share in the second quarter, trailing market leader
Samsung Electronics Co. with 19.9 percent. Sony was in third place with 11.4
percent.
ygkim@yna.co.kr
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