“Following record sales and units shipped in 2021, global semiconductor sales remained strong at the beginning of 2022, reaching the second-highest-ever monthly total in January,” says SIA CEO John Neuffer, “global sales in January increased by more than 20% for the tenth consecutive month on a year-to-year basis, and sales into the Americas increased by 40.2% year-to-year in January to lead all regional markets.”
Compared to January 2021, European sales were up 28.7%, China up 24.4%. Asia Pacific/All Other up 21.0%, and Japan up 18.9%.
Month-to-month sales increased in Europe (3.4%) and Asia Pacific/All Other (0.4%), but fell slightly in China (-0.7%), the Americas (-1.1%), and Japan (-1.3%).
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Hi David – WSTS’s ACTUAL global semi sales number for Jan 2022 turns out to be $46.9B. This results in a Cowan LRA model forecast for a 2022 sales estimate of $626.2B. This corresponds to a 2022 Yr-O-Yr sales growth forecast of 12.7% relative to 2021 overall sales growth of 26.2% according to the WSTS.
Hi David
The title reads “January semi sales up 50.7% y-o-y” Really?
The text says “January semiconductor sales of €50.7 billion were up 26.8% on January 2021’s sales”
I could believe a 26.8% YoY increase.
Also when did we start reporting sales in Euro rather than dollars?
Thanks Paul, I have corrected it. The € & $ keys are right next to eachother on my phone key pad which is no excuse for this lapse.