Bruce Diesen, semiconductor, market, WSTS, global, market Analyst sees soft June, lowers chip forecast

LONDON – The three-month average of global chip sales for June is going to be $24.6 billion, down compared with a figure of $25.03 billion reported for May by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization, according to Bruce Diesen, an analyst at Carnegie Group (Oslo, Norway).

This would also be down on the three-month average for June 2010 which would reflect that 2Q11 actual global chip sales are down on those of 2Q10. As a result Diesen is lowering his forecast for 2011 global chip market growth from 5 percent to 3 percent.

"PC, handset and TV sales are running slower than expected in 2011, and we now expect world semiconductor sales to rise 3 percent in US dollar terms in 2011, compared to our previous forecast of 5 percent. Sales of electronics have been particularly soft in the US and Europe. Nokia and Acer in particular have worked off excess inventories in Q2," Diesen said in a note to clients.

Mike Cowan is predicting that the June three-month average of global chip sales will be reported at $25.445 billion but with the caveat that this assumes "no (or minor) sales revisions for either April or May's previously published actual sales.

Recently WSTS has made a series of major and minor downward revisions to sales data from earlier in 2011. WSTS and SIA are expected to report the June averaged figure on about August 1.


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