The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has announced worldwide sales of semiconductors were US$27.9 billion for July 2015, a decrease of 0.9% from July 2014 when sales were US$28.1 billion. Global sales from July 2015 were 0.4% lower than the June 2015 total of US$28.0 billion.
"Global semiconductor sales have slowed somewhat this summer in part due to softening demand, normal market cyclicality, and currency devaluation in some regional markets," said John Neuffer, president and CEO of SIA. "Despite these headwinds, year-to-date global sales through July are higher than at the same time last year, which was a record year for semiconductor revenues."
Regionally, year-to-year sales increased 5.6% in China, 1% in Asia Pacific/All Other, and 0.8% in the Americas, but decreased 12.5% in Europe and 13.3% in Japan, in part due to currency devaluation. On a month-to-month basis, sales increased 2.7% in Japan, 0.6% in China, and 0.4% in Europe, but fell 0.3% in the Americas and 2.5% in Asia Pacific/All Other.
