China imports of IC manufacturing equipment fell 15% last year

Author: EIS Release Date: Apr 6, 2023

Last year, shipments of semiconductor manufacturing equipment from the U.S. and Japan to China fell for the first time in three years, reports the Nikkei.

 

In Q4, Japanese exports of chip-making equipment to China fell 16% and on the year by value, while US shipments fell 50% and Dutch shipments fell 44%.

 

Shipments to the rest of the world from Japan and the US grew 26% and 10% respectively.

 

 For 2022, China’s imports of semiconductor-manufacturing equipment fell 15% to $34.7 billion – the first decline in three years. In January and February 2023, China imports of chip making equipment fell 21% y-o-y