Statistics
European sales of semiconductors dip in
December as economic crisis hits global
semiconductor industry
71 %) have shown good performance. 2008 were a record low in this decade
These products are also mainly driven of 1.944 billion Euro, down 16.8% on
by consumer applications. previous month and down 20.4% versus
European semiconductor sales in the same month a year ago. On a total
December 2008 amounted to US$ 2.55 year basis semiconductor sales showed
billion according to WSTS, down 19.6% a decline of 13.1% in 2008 versus the
versus the previous month. This year 2007.
corresponds to a decline of 27.8% In Euro the market in total year
compared to the same month last year. 2008 reached a value of € 25.984
On a total year basis semiconductor billion. On a worldwide basis,
sales declined by 6.6% in 2008 versus semiconductor sales in December 2008
the year 2007. The market in total year were US$ 17.406 billion, down 16.6%
2008 reached a value of US$ 38.249 versus the previous month. This results
billion. in a decline of 21.9% versus the same
The exchange rate of the Euro month in 2007 and on a total year basis
compared to the US dollar reversed its it results finally in a decline of 2.8%.
decline in December, but keeping its
EUROPEAN SALES for semiconductor impact on the growth data. Measured in
decreased by 19.6% in December 2008 Euro, semiconductor sales in December
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compared with the previous month, the
World Semiconductor Trade Statistics
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(WSTS) has reported . A similar trend in
sales was also observed across the
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other regions. In particular, data for the
.eur Asia-Pacific region show a drop of -20%
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with sales in China down 18.6%
compared to the previous month.
While slower sales were reported
for most product categories, the impact
of the global downturn was felt less in
some consumer applications driven
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categories, such as Consumer MOS
special purpose logic, down 2.3%, and
Image sensors, down 4.6%. Some
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categories with relatively small
numbers, such as Mask PROM &
EPROM (up 2,7%) and laser pickup (up
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