LED prices continue to fall in the fourth quarter

Market research agency ledinside yesterday (24) report on the latest price LED display, the third quarter of this year LED market price continued to decline, down about 8% TV backlight size 5630 to 15%. Mainly due to the 2012 TV backlight products will soon be transferred to the specification 7030, so the Korean manufacturers actively clearing the old specification products, but also caused the market high price gap is quite large.

Overall, the LED industry is still facing a state of oversupply, inventory pressure is still high, the fourth quarter of LED prices are still down space.

LED recent market price is quite confusing, LEDinside analysis, the main reason is the 2012 new LCD TV products manufacturers take the strategy has changed, the LED backlight specification changes from 5630 to 7030, therefore, Korean manufacturers are actively clearing inventory caused by high market price gap is quite large. In addition, NB and LED have a handheld device relatively low price, and more for the Taiwanese LED manufacturers, main products, but more and more Chinese LED factory began to cut into the mobile phone backlight market, and Korean manufacturers are more ink LED backlight specifications in the handheld device, so the expected future price competition will become increasingly fierce.

Lighting market, high power LED lighting price decline from about 8% to about 10%, compared to the second quarter of 2011 appeared decline in the reduced state, display lighting market demand is relatively stable, but the market orders are not many.

In the third quarter of this year, the LED lighting market demand is affected by the international economic boom, the growth rate slowed down, in the application of indoor commercial lighting or mainly. In order to get the price advantage, LED indoor lighting products used in large quantities in the past backlight with 5630, 3014 of the LED package, making the demand for high-power LED lower, manufacturers have to reduce the price to stimulate demand. However, due to the third quarter of this year, a significant appreciation of the dollar and the impact of the RMB, so the exchange rate of Taiwanese manufacturers converted to NT only dropped by $5% to $10%, but therefore have some breathing space.

Looking forward to the fourth quarter, LEDinside pointed out that LED lighting demand gradually warming signs. In addition to the original demand in Japan and Europe and the United States, the Australian government also began to replace LED street, in addition to "China phase out incandescent roadmap" since the beginning of October this year, is expected to help boost demand for LED lighting.

However, the LED inventory pressure still exists, and the international companies between price competition is still fierce, especially for some potential customers, or a strategy to give greater price space, both the Japanese and Korean or Europe and the United States Department of manufacturers are generally price movements, and the global economy is unknown, the manufacturers the preparation will reduce, is expected in the fourth quarter of new wave of price space.