SEMI: Global 3Q semiconductor equipment billings drop

Dec. 3, 2018

MILPITAS, CA—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%