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CCID Consulting’s latest research report on China’s IC Industry showed that from January and June, sales revenues in the whole industry totaled $8.02 billion, up 33.2 percent y-on-y, but a fallback from the 48 percent high growth in 1H 2006. China’s IC output totaled 19.74 billion pieces, up 15.2 percent over the first half of 2006. Despite the slowdown of the global semiconductor market in Q1, sales revenues in China’s chip making, packaging and testing industries continued to expand rapidly, mainly driven by the newly built production lines. Sales revenues in the chip making industry reached $2.43 billion, up 34.3 percent y-on-y, while sales revenues in the packaging and testing market amounted to $4.33 billion, up by 36.1 percent y-on-y. However, due to a sluggish MP3 and video camera market, sales revenues in the IC design reached $1.26 billion, down to 22.8 percent from 50.8 percent in 1H 2006. Regionally, the Yangtze River Delta Region has the most intensive IC industry in China and was fastest-growing industry. CCID’s data showed that in 1H 2007, IC sales revenues in the region reached $5.91 billion, up 37.2 percent y-on-y. In the Pearl River Delta Region, the industry saw its growth rate drop to 24.7 percent from the ultra high rate of 60.6 percent in the first half of 2006, reaching $429 million. In the Beijing-Tianjin Bohai Sea Rim Region, IC sales revenues totaled $1.48 billion, up 21.6 percent y-on-y. CCID forecasts that China’s IC industry will bid farewell to the 43 percent high growth in 2006 and enter a relatively stable development cycle. For the whole year, industry size growth will drop to around 30 percent. Sales revenues are expected to remain around $17.32 billion, with the chip making, packaging and testing industries driving the industry expansion. In addition, the firm said that by the end of the year, China’s IC sales revenue is expected to account for over 8 percent of that of the world. (() |
