Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Billings Drop to $15.8 Billion in Third Quarter 2018, SEMI Reports
MILPITAS, Calif. — December 3, 2018 — SEMI, the global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing supply chain, today reported that third quarter 2018 worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings dropped 5 percent from the previous quarter to US$15.8 billion but are 11 percent higher than the same quarter a year ago.
The data are gathered jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from over 95 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis.
The quarterly billings data by region in billions of U.S. dollars, quarter-over-quarter growth and year-over-year rates by region are as follows:
| 3Q2018 | 2Q2018 | 3Q2017 | 3Q18/2Q18 | 3Q18/3Q17 |
China | 3.98 | 3.79 | 1.93 | 5% | 106% |
Korea | 3.45 | 4.86 | 4.99 | -29% | -31% |
Taiwan | 2.90 | 2.19 | 2.37 | 33% | 23% |
Japan | 2.41 | 2.28 | 1.73 | 6% | 40% |
North America | 1.27 | 1.47 | 1.50 | -14% | -15% |
Rest of World | 0.98 | 0.96 | 0.74 | 2% | 32% |
Europe | 0.85 | 1.18 | 1.06 | -29% | -20% |
Total | 15.84 | 16.74 | 14.33 | -5% | 11% |
Source: SEMI (www.semi.org) and SEAJ, December 2018
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