23 thousand RVs were shipped in December 2006 according to the RVIA - about the same as in November 2006.

For December 2006:
11,200 were travel trailers - about 50%.
Fifth wheels were about 5,200 (about 23%)
Motorhomes (class A) were about 2,700 (about 11%)
Motorhomes (class C) were about 1,100 (about 5%)

The total number of RVs shipped has risen in the last 4 years prior to 2005:
2002 up 21%, 2003 up 3%, 2004 up 15%, 2005 up 4%

That trend continued in 2006 - up about 1.5% - with about 390k RVs shipped compared to about 384 in 2005.

These are figures at a glance only - details on the RVIA website
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