[World DRAM Price] Asia Sees Decline in Contract, Spot Prices
June 6, 2001 (TOKYO) -- Prices for large users and spot prices of 128Mb DRAMs (PC 133, 16M x 8) continued to decline in the Asian market.
The prices are the lowest in the Asian market both for large users and spot prices.
In Europe, although there have been no changes in the prices for large users for the past two weeks, spot prices are still declining.
According to the world DRAM price survey conducted by ICIS-LOR, which has bases in London, Houston, and Singapore, the moving average prices of 128Mb DRAMs for large users during the 30-day period of April 19-May 18, 2001, were US$4.43 in North America, US$4.33 in Europe, and US$4.05 in Asia.
Compared with the previous week (the average moving prices during the 30-day period ended May 11), the prices remained the same in North America and Europe, while they fell 0.76 percent in Asia. As for memory modules, spot prices of 128MB DIMMs (PC133) fell 6.19 percent from the previous week to US$29.14 in North America, 2.90 percent to US$32.32 in Europe, and 6.73 percent to US$29.46 in Asia.
Table: 30-Day Rolling Averages of 128Mb DRAMs (PC133, 16M x 8) April 19-May 18, 2001 (survey by ICIS-LOR)Area
Contract price
Week-on-week comparison
North America
US$4.43
0.00%
Europe
US$4.33
0.00%
Asia
US$4.05
-0.76%
*Week-on-week comparison is the comparison with the 30-day rolling averages of April 12-May 11, 2001.
Previous report: Prices for Large Users Stop Falling in North America, But No Rise in Sight
(Tamao Kikuchi, Nikkei Market Access) |
