Used to make consumer electronics including computers, digital audio players and mobile phones, USA-exported semiconductors generated US$50.2 billion in sales last year.
Overall global exports of semiconductors from the United States fell by 4.3% in 2007, a reflection of the spending slowdown in consumer electronic purchases worldwide.
Semiconductors represented 4.3% of the total value of American shipments last year, more than any other product category including civilian aircraft and passenger cars.
Top 20 Countries for US Semiconductor Exports
The following countries bought 94.1% of total U.S. semiconductor exports in 2007.
- China … US$6.5 billion (13% of total US semiconductor exports)
- Malaysia … $5 billion (10%)
- Mexico … $4.7 billion (9.3%)
- Taiwan … $4.6 billion (9.1%)
- Singapore … $4.2 billion (8.4%)
- Philippines … $4 billion (8%)
- South Korea … $3.8 billion (7.5%)
- Hong Kong … $3.2 billion (6.4%)
- Canada … $2.4 billion (4.9%)
- Germany … $2.1 billion (4.1%)
- Japan … $1.7 billion (3.5%)
- Thailand … $1.4 billion (2.8%)
- Portugal … $855.6 million (1.7%)
- United Kingdom … $692.4 million (1.4%)
- Brazil … $634.3 million (1.3%)
- Italy … $312 million (0.6%)
- France … $306.8 million (0.6%)
- Sweden … $257.1 million (0.5%)
- Netherlands … $257 million (0.5%)
- Israel … $249.8 million (0.5%).
Fastest-Growing Markets for US Semiconductors
Listed below are countries that increased their semiconductor imports from America in 2007. Among the larger semiconductors importers, Singapore had the highest percentage gains in semiconductor imports from 2006.
- Portugal … US$855.6 million (up 361.4% from 2006)
- Denmark … $116.3 million (up 237.1%)
- Colombia … $31.7 million (up 124.2%)
- Switzerland … $114.2 million (up 95.3%)
- Indonesia … $55 million (up 63.7%)
- Venezuela … $23.5 million (up 60%)
- United Arab Emirates … $35.7 million (up 52.1%)
- Turkey … $27.5 million (up 24.5%)
- Singapore … $4.2 billion (up 20.6%)
- Argentina … $65.6 million (up 16.9%)
- Belgium … $113.6 million (up 14.1%)
- Spain … $116.4 million (up 13.2%)
- Taiwan … $4.6 billion (up 11.1%)
- China … $6.5 billion (up 10.6%)
- Australia … $84.1 million (up 10.1%)
- Sweden … $257.1 million (up 9.5%)
- India … $139.9 million (up 8.4%)
- Hong Kong … $3.2 billion (up 4.7%).
Fastest-Declining Markets for US Semiconductors
Listed below are countries that reduced their American semiconductor imports by the highest percentages from 2006.
- Ireland … US$217.5 million (down 45% from 2006)
- Finland … $47.8 million (down 33.8%)
- United Kingdom … $692.5 million (down 27.3%)
- Czech Republic … $25.1 million (down 25.7%)
- South Korea … $3.8 billion (down 25.1%)
- Israel … $249.8 million (down 24.2%)
- Canada … $2.4 billion (down 23.5%)
- Poland … $29.1 million (down 16.6%)
- Japan … $1.7 billion (down 15.9%)
- Mexico … $4.7 billion (down 15.8%)
- Malaysia … $5 billion (down 13.6%)
- Netherlands … $257 million (down 12.1%)
- Italy … $312 million (down 11.1%)
- Chile … $47.9 million (down 9.3%)
- Brazil … $634.3 million (down 8.5%)
- Norway … $24.8 million (down 7.8%)
- Philippines … $4 billion (down 6.8%)
- Hungary … $129.3 million (down 5.7%)
- Austria … $33.2 million (down 4.9%)
- Russia … $33.8 million (down 4.1%)
- Germany … $2.1 billion (down 2.3%)
- Thailand … $1.4 billion (down 1.5%).
Sources for this Article
This article presents independent calculations and insights based on data drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau – Foreign Trade Statistics.
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