Electronics Industry Update

-- Semiconductor International, 12/1/1999

Worldwide Sales of Semiconductor Devices Historical Data: World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) Forecast: Semiconductor International	Manufacturers' Shipments of Electronic Components Historical Data: U.S. Department of Commerce Forecast: Semiconductor International
Manufacturers' Shipments of Computers & Peripheral Equipment Historical Data: U.S. Department of Commerce Forecast: Semiconductor International	Manufacturers' Shipments of Communications Equipment Historical Data: U.S. Department of Commerce Forecast: Semiconductor International

The dollar value of shipments from U.S. electronic components' manufacturers fell 0.7% between July and August of this year, but the value of August shipments was still 9.1% greater than in August 1998. The value of new orders to the industry increased 2.7% between July and August of this year, and was 43.8% higher in August than in the same month in 1998. On a 12-month-moving total basis, shipments through this August were growing at a 9.2% annual rate. Through the first eight months of 1999, the value of shipped electronic components grew by 8.4%, while the current dollar value of new orders rose 18.4%.

The total dollar value of worldwide semiconductor sales increased 5.2% from July to August, following a 10.1% decline the month before. Compared to the same month a year earlier, August 1999 sales were up 26.1%. The dollar value of all chip sales for the first eight months of 1999 (~ $90.5B) increased 14.0% from January-August 1998. Worldwide unit sales of semiconductors for the first eight months of 1999 were 10.6% ahead of 1998, and the August 1999 unit sales volume showed an increase of 1.8% from July.