Q2 2016 SALES +1% from Q1 , but -6% COMPARED TO Q2 OF LAST YEAR
SIA (Semiconductor Industry Association) reports Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $79.1 billion during the second quarter of 2016, +1% over Q1 2016 and a -5.8% compared to Q2 2015.
Global sales for the month of June 2016 reached $26.4 billion, an uptick of 1.1 percent over last month’s total of $26.1 billion, but down 5.8 percent from the June 2015 total of $28.0 billion.
Cumulatively, year-to-date sales during the first half of 2016 were 5.8 percent lower than they were at the same point in 2015.
Regionally, sales increased compared to June 2015 in China (+1.7 percent), but fell in Asia Pacific/All Other (-11.0 percent), the Americas (-10.8 percent), Europe (-5.5 percent), and Japan (-1.3 percent).
Sales were up slightly compared to last month in the Americas (+3.0 percent), China (+2.2 percent) and Europe (1.7 percent), but down somewhat in Japan (-1.0 percent) and Asia Pacific/All Other (-0.6 percent).
