Printed Circuit Design & Fab Online Magazine - Semi Equipment Billings Plunged in Q2

MILPITAS, CA — Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings in the second quarter fell 20% from a year ago to $13.3 billion, the SEMI trade group said today.

Sales were down 3% from the previous quarter.

The data are gathered jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from more than 80 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis.

The quarterly billings data by region in billions of US dollars, quarter-over-quarter growth and year-over-year rates by region are as follows:

2Q2019	1Q2019	2Q2018	2Q19/1Q19 (Seq.)	2Q19/2Q18 (YoY)
China	3.36	2.36	3.79	43%	-11%
Taiwan	3.21	3.81	2.19	-16%	47%
Korea	2.58	2.89	4.86	-11%	-47%
North America	1.70	1.67	1.47	2%	15%
Japan	1.38	1.55	2.28	-11%	-39%
Europe	0.57	0.84	1.18	-32%	-52%
Rest of World	0.51	0.67	0.96	-24%	-47%
Total	13.31	13.79	16.74	-3%	-20%