December average retail price for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescent ones) in the China market decreased by 8.7% on month to CNY35.7 (US$5.8), while that for 9W models (equivalent to 60W incandescent ones) decreased by 9.1% to CNY37.1, according to Digitimes Research.
Average retail prices for 40W- and 60W-equivalent LED light bulbs in the Japan market in December stood at JPY1,698 (US$14.0) and JPY3,265 respectively, with the former rising by 2.6% on month and the latter by 3.9%, Digitimes Research indicated.
December average retail prices for 40W- and 60W-equivalent LED light bulbs in other markets were: KRW11,402 (US$10.2, up 0.3% on month) and KRW14,361 (down 0.3%) in South Korea; US$17.9 (down 3.8%) and US$19.6 (down 4.4%) in the US; EUR9.5 (US$11.6, up 1.1%) and EUR14.1 (down 2.1%) in Europe.
LG Electronics 40W-equivalent LED light bulbs for sale in the Europe market and Philips 60W-equivalent models in the South Korea market had the highest average lumen-price ratios of 81.6lm/US$ and 96.2lm/US$ respectively in December. In terms of luminous efficiency, Toshiba 40W- and 60-equivalent LED light bulbs available in the Japan market had the highest average levels of 81.1lm/W and 104.1lm/W respectively.
Content from this blog post was provided by the Digitimes Research Tracking team, which focuses on shipment data and market trends in the global mobile device supply chain. Digitimes Research provides quarterly tracking services for market sectors such as Global Tablet, China Smartphone, China Smartphone AP, China Touch Panel, Taiwan ICT and Taiwan FPD.
