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North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts March 2020 Billings

Billings figure is 6.8% lower than final February 2020 level of $2.37 billion and 20.1% higher than March 2019 billings level of $1.84 billion.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.21 billion in billings worldwide in March 2020 (three-month average basis), according to the March Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published by SEMI.

The billings figure is 6.8% lower than the final February 2020 level of $2.37 billion, and is 20.1% higher than the March 2019 billings level of $1.84 billion.

“While March monthly billings of North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers are starting to reflect a challenging market environment, the year-over-year increase indicates companies across the semiconductor manufacturing supply chain thus far are effectively maintaining continuous operations despite COVID-19 headwinds,” said Ajit Manocha, SEMI president and CEO.

The SEMI Billings report uses three-month moving averages of worldwide billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers. Billings figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.

   Billings
(3-mo. avg.)
Year-Over-Year
October 2019
$2,080.8 2.5%
November 2019 
$2,121.0 9.1%
December 2019 
$2,491.7 17.8%
January 2020 
$2,340.2 22.7%
February 2020 (final)
$2,374.6 26.6%
March (prelim)
$2,313.1 20.1%

Source: SEMI (www.semi.org), April 2020

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