North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.12 billion in billings worldwide in November 2019 (three-month average basis), according to the November Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI. The billings figure is 1.9 percent higher than the final October 2019 level of $2.08 billion, and is 9.1 percent higher than the November 2018 billings level of $1.94 billion.
“Monthly billings of North American equipment manufacturers increased month-over-month for the second consecutive month,” said Ajit Manocha, president and CEO of SEMI. “This improvement in equipment billings meets industry expectations for a stronger close to 2019.”
The SEMI Billings report uses three-month moving averages of worldwide billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers. Billings figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.
| Billings (3-mo. avg.) | Year-Over-Year | |
| June 2019 | $2.026.1 | -18.4% |
| July 2019 | $2,031.9 | -14.6% |
| August 2019 | $2,001.8 | -10.5% |
| September 2019 | $1,959.1 | -5.7% |
| October (final) | $2,080.8 | 2.5% |
| November (prelim) | $2,121.1 | 9.1% |
Source: SEMI (www.semi.org), December2019