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Sales of the American paint industry were $8.3 billion in 1981, a 9.2% increase over 1980. Units, however, grew only 2% between 1980 and 1981, down from the 2.3% per year rate experienced since 1976. Market conditions and product mix changes indicate that there will be essentially no growth in the industry over the next five years, according to the new sixth edition of the Kline Guide to the Paint Industry, just published by Charles H. Kline & Co., 330 Passaic Avenue, Fairfield, N.J. 07006, USA. Unit sales are estimated to grow only 0.1% a year reaching 1,045 million gallons in 1986.