CL Use Growing in Asia

"Contact lenses are big business in Asia, with the latest quarter sales hitting more than 131 million pieces and raking in more than US$211 million (S$273 million), global market research firm GfK said," according to a report in AsiaOne. "Although positive growth was recorded across all the seven Asian markets data was collected from, the growth was led in particular by Taiwanese and Korean consumers. The Taiwanese held on to their number one spot as the largest consumers of contact lenses in Asia, buying an average of 14.5 million pieces each month, but the title of the biggest spenders went to the Koreans, who forked out a combined value of more than US$26 million per month. The other countries were Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong and China." Read more.