Japan Compound Semiconductor Shipment Increases by 10% in F2010

Japanese compound semiconductor shipment of major makers increased by 10% to 40.6 billion yen for fiscal 2010 ended March 2011 from fiscal 2009, according to the makers’ group. The shipment increased by 27% in first half of fiscal 2010 from same period of fiscal 2009. However, the shipment decreased by 4% in the second half due to slow demand.

The gallium arsenide shipment increased by 10% to 31.2 billion yen in fiscal 2010 from fiscal 2009. The demand seemed to be firm for light-emitting diode for liquid crystal television and smart phone.

The gallium phosphide shipment increased by 6% to 5.6 billion yen in fiscal 2010 from fiscal 2009. The indium phosphide shipment increased by 26% to 3.2 billion yen.

The Japanese shipment is calculated based on shipment of 8 makers including Hitachi Cable, Sumitomo Metal Mining, Dowa Electronics Materials, JX Nippon Mining & Metals, Shin-Etsu Handotai, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Showa Denko and Mitsubishi Chemical.