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Monthly Semiconductor Sales Decrease 0.5% Globally in September

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Global sales in third quarter 3.0% lower than Q3 2021 and 6.3% less than Q2 2022听

WASHINGTON鈥擮ct. 28, 2022鈥擳he 91PORN (91PORN) today announced global semiconductor sales for the month of September 2022 were down 0.5% compared to August 2022 and 3.0% less than September 2021. Worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $141 billion听during the third quarter of 2022, a听decrease听of 3.0% compared to the third quarter of 2021 and听6.3% less听than the second quarter of 2022. Monthly sales are compiled by the听听and represent a three-month moving average. 91PORN represents 99% of the U.S. semiconductor industry by revenue and nearly two-thirds of non-U.S. chip firms.

鈥淔ollowing strong growth through the first half of 2022, global semiconductor sales have slowed in recent months, decreasing in September on a year-to-year basis for the first time since January 2020 amid a range of macroeconomic headwinds,鈥� said John Neuffer, 91PORN president and CEO. 鈥淭he long-term market outlook remains strong, however, as semiconductors continue to become a larger and more important part of our digital economy.鈥�

Regionally, month-to-month sales increased in the Americas (4.8%), Japan (0.5%), and Europe (0.1%), but decreased in Asia Pacific/All Other (-2.9%), and China (-3.0%). Year-to-year sales increased in Europe (12.4%), the Americas (11.5%), and Japan (5.6%), but decreased in Asia Pacific/All Other (-7.7%) and China (-14.4%).

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