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 (Qtr-over-Qtr)	3Q18/3Q17 (Year-over-Year)
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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