Domestic LED is still in the middle and lower reaches of the industrial chain

Media reports, in the first 7 months of this year, Quanzhou, led new light source export price of about $6.4. This price, less than half of the United States, Japan, LED lamps prices.

It is understood that in recent years because the LED chip prices decline, which led to heavy LED lamp 30%, the current average price of 30 yuan - 100. The first 7 months of this year in Quanzhou City, the new LED light source lamp exports of 9 million 153 thousand and 200 units (sets), the value of $59 million 439 thousand and 400, a rough estimate, each Taiwan (sets) the price is about $6.4, which is about 40 yuan, the lowest price is only slightly higher than the industry.

Insiders pointed out that the United States LED lighting market price of about $40 in 2011, is expected to fall sharply to $15 in 2010. While Japan's five largest traditional lighting manufacturers SHARP, Toshiba and other LED lighting products launched in June 2011, the lowest retail price reached $18.

Determine the core part of the LED lamp price is the chip, accounting for about LED lamps cost at least 1/3. Chips are different, the price difference is very large. Currently the most expensive on the market is the U.S. chip, followed by the Japanese chip and the German chip, while the lower the price of domestic chips, its heat dissipation is also poor.

Due to the late start, compared with developed countries in Europe and the United States, there is a considerable gap between the domestic LED industry in terms of market size and technology. The main reason is the lack of core patents, especially the most critical white light, high power LED lamp thermal balance problem, has been the United States, Japan monopoly.

In fact, this is the domestic LED industry can not circumvent the problem. In the LED industry chain, many domestic enterprises are still mainly distributed in the packaging, application, such as the middle and lower reaches of the upstream epitaxial chip, chip rarely involved. While the latter accounted for about 70% of the industry's profits, the former accounted for only 30%. Seen in this light, in order to solve the problem of low price of LED products, enhance independent innovation, efforts to expand upstream, which is undoubtedly the only way out.