Large-size panel shipments decline 3% in January, says WitsView

Large-size panel shipments declined 3% on month in January to 67.95 million, a drop of 3% compared with the previous month. All six major panel makers experienced declines in their shipments. Based on applications, only TV panels ran counter to the negative trend and posted a monthly shipment growth of 1.2%. The biggest decrease in January's monthly shipments occurred in tablet applications with a drop of 7.8%. IT panel shipments were affected by seasonality. Monthly shipments of monitor and notebook panels fell 4.8% and 1.5% respectively, according to statistics from WitsView.



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