1.1 The global manufacturing sector maintains a stable posture
1.2 The Electronic Information Manufacturing Industry Maintains a Stable Posture
1.3 Semiconductor Sales Volume Remains Stable
2.1 The Overall Chip Delivery Trend
2.2 List of Delivery Cycles of Key Chip Suppliers
4.1 Semiconductor Upstream Manufacturers
(1)Silicon Wafer/Equipment
(2)Fabless/IDM
(3)Foundry
(4)OSAT
4.2 Distributor
4.3 System Integration
4.4 Terminal Application
(1)Consumer Electronics
(2)New Energy Vehicles
(3)Industrial Control
(4)Photovoltaic
(5)Energy Storage
(6)Data Center
(7)Communication
(8)Medical Equipment
5.1 Opportunities
5.2 Risk
In September, the global manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Managers' Index) showed little fluctuation, and the economic recovery maintained a relatively stable momentum. Except for the United States and South Korea, the indices of China, the European Union and Japan declined. Although the global economic recovery has remained stable within a certain range, the situation of weak growth in market demand has not changed, and disruptions from trade frictions and geopolitical conflicts persist.
Chart 1: Manufacturing PMI of the world's major economies in September
Source: NBSPRC
From January to August 2025, China's electronic information manufacturing industry has achieved rapid growth in production, seen a slight decline in exports, maintained a steady and positive trend in benefits, and experienced a slowdown in investment growth. Overall, the industry maintains a sound development momentum.
Chart 2: Latest Operation of Electronic Information Manufacturing Industry
Source: MIIT
market sales reached $64.88 billion in August, representing a year-on-year (YoY) growth of 21.7%. This marks the 16th consecutive month that the YoY growth rate has exceeded 17%, continuing the strong growth momentum.
In terms of regional markets, the Asia-Pacific and Americas regions are the main growth drivers. Sales in the Americas market amounted to $20.78 billion, with a YoY increase of 25.5%.the Chinese mainland saw a YoY growth of 12.4%, while the Asia-Pacific region achieved a YoY growth of 43.1%. In contrast, sales in Japan and Europe recorded changes of -6.9% and 4.4% YoY, respectively.
Chart 3: Latest global semiconductor industry sales and growth rate
Source: SIA,Chip Insights
In terms of integrated circuit (IC) output, the global and China's IC output in August reached 129.5 billion units and 42.50 billion units respectively, with stable year-on-year (YoY) growth.
Chart 4: Latest global and Chinese integrated circuit production and growth rate
Source: NBSPRC,SIA,Chip Insights
In terms of import and export, China's integrated circuit (IC) exports continued their strong growth in August, marking the 5th consecutive month with a growth rate exceeding 21%.
Chart 5: Latest import and export amount and growth rate of integrated circuits in China
Source: MIIT,SIA,Chip Insights
From the perspective of capital market indices, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) rose by 13.6% in September, and the China Semiconductor (SW) Industry Index increased by 15.9%. The prosperity of the global semiconductor capital market continues to move upward.
Chart 6: Trend of SOX and SW Index in September
Source: Wind,Chip Insights
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