MILPITAS, Calif. , Jun. 05, 2017 – SEMI, the global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing supply chain, today reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$13.1 billion for the first quarter of 2017. The quarter ended very strong, with March billings reaching $5.6 billion, an all-time monthly record.
Quarterly billings of US$13.1 billion also represent the first time quarterly billings exceeded the record quarterly high set in the third quarter of 2000. Billings for the most recent quarter are 14 percent higher than the fourth quarter of 2016 and 58 percent higher than the same quarter a year ago. The data is 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:
| 1Q2017 | 4Q2016 | 1Q2016 | 1Q2017/4Q2016 | 1Q2017/1Q2016 | |
| Korea | 3.53 | 2.39 | 1.68 | 48% | 110% |
| Taiwan | 3.48 | 4.15 | 1.89 | -16% | 84% |
| China | 2.01 | 1.15 | 1.60 | 74% | 25% |
| North America | 1.27 | 1.24 | 1.01 | 3% | 26% |
| Japan | 1.25 | 1.05 | 1.24 | 19% | 1% |
| Europe | 0.92 | 0.93 | 0.35 | -1% | 160% |
| Rest of World | 0.63 | 0.60 | 0.51 | 4% | 23% |
| Total | 13.08 | 11.52 | 8.28 | 14% | 58% |
Source: SEMI (www.semi.org) and SEAJ, June 2017
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