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To: Gottfried who wrote (14741)	5/3/2005 11:59:48 AM
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European semiconductor sales fell in March, says SIA Peter Clarke EE Times (05/03/2005 11:28 AM EDT) LONDON — Although March was dubbed a growth month by the Semiconductor Industry Association, European sales of semiconductors fell compared with March 2004 while sales across the Americas region were flat compared with a year ago, the industry organization's statistics have revealed. The worldwide sales growth — both actual and on a three-month average basis — hid the disparity between Asian year-on-year 'actual' sales growth of 16.2 percent and western hemisphere flatness. Japan's sales of semiconductors were up 3.5 percent compared with a year before. Worldwide the world semiconductor sales in March 2005 were $20.63 billion, 7.2 percent ahead of the same month in 2004, the SIA's statistics show. This is a smaller year-on-year growth than was achieved in the three-month average announced by the SIA on Monday (May 2). The three-month average for March was $18.43 billion, up 13.2 percent over the equivalent sales in 2004. The same percentage increase as the actual sales for the first three-months of 2005 which stands at $55.30 billion, compared with $48.86 billion of semiconductors sold in the first three months of 2004. However, actual Asian semiconductor sales in March were $8.98 billion or about 43.5 percent of the total. Japan sales were $4.1 billion. European sales were $3.79 billion while the Americas region sales were $3.77 billion. The SIA and other regional industry groups publicize sales statistics gathered by World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) as the three-month moving averages of monthly sales activity, rather than the actual numbers. The SIA calculates averages to smooth out variations due to companies' sales reporting calendars, which often make March, June, September and December five-week months thereby inflating those month's numbers.

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