SEMI reports Q1 semiconductor equipment figures - billings US $10.75 Billion
May 22, 2007
SEMI reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $10.75 billion in the first quarter of 2007. The billings figure is four percent higher than the fourth quarter of 2006 and about 12 percent above the same quarter a year ago. The data is gathered in cooperation with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from more than 150 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis.
SEMI also reported worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings of US$10.50 billion in the first quarter of 2007. The figure is six percent above the same quarter a year ago, and five percent below the bookings figure for the fourth quarter of 2006.
"Billings for the first quarter of 2007 posted slight gains over the fourth quarter of 2006, with Korea showing particularly robust growth," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. "Year-over-year sales was largely mixed, with China, Korea and Taiwan posting solid double-digit growth numbers."
The quarterly billings data by region in millions of U.S. dollars, year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter growth rates by region are as follows:
| Billings–
Region |
1Q 2007
|
4Q 2006
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1Q 2006
| 1Q07/4Q06
(Q-o-Q) | 1Q07/1Q06
(Y-o-Y) | | Europe | 0.78 | 0.86 | 0.92 | -10% | -16% | | China | 0.65 | 0.50 | 0.38 | 31% | 71% | | Japan | 2.27 | 2.29 | 2.33 | -1% | -3% | | USA | 1.79 | 1.92 | 1.80 | -7% | 0% | | Korea | 2.47 | 1.78 | 1.77 | 39% | 39% | | Taiwan | 2.01 | 2.10 | 1.59 | -4% | 26% | | ROW | 0.79 | 0.89 | 0.79 | -12% | 0% | | Total | 10.75 | 10.34 | 9.58 | 4% | 12% |
Source: SEMI/SEAJ May 2007
Note: Figures may not add due to rounding.
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