Worldwide semi equipment figures; billings $10.5 billion

The billings figure is 26 percent higher than the first quarter of 2016 and 11 percent higher than the same quarter a year ago. The data is gathered jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from over 95 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis. Worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings were USD 11.9 billion in the second quarter of 2016. The figure is 17 percent higher than the same quarter a year ago and 27 percent higher than the bookings figure for the first quarter of 2016. The quarterly billings data by region in billions of U.S. dollars, quarter-over-quarter growth and year-over-year rates by region are as follows:

	2Q 2016	1Q 2016	2Q 2015	2Q16/1Q16 (QoQ)	2Q16/2Q15 (YoY)
Taiwan	2.73	1.89	2.34	44%	17%
China	2.27	1.60	1.04	41%	118%
Korea	1.53	1.68	2.00	-9%	-24%
Rest of World	1.31	0.51	0.53	160%	147%
North America	1.20	1.01	1.55	19%	-23%
Japan	1.05	1.24	1.40	-15%	-25%
Europe	0.37	0.35	0.52	5%	-29%
Total	10.46	8.28	9.39	26%	11%