In its Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS) Report, SEMI announced worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings contracted 13% to US$15.57 billion quarter-over-quarter in Q1 2020 but increased 13% year-over-year.

The data are gathered jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from over 80 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis. The quarterly billings data by region in billions of U.S. dollars, quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year change by region are as follows:

Source: SEMI (www.semi.org) and  SEAJ (www.seaj.or.jp), June 2020

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