The TrendForce division found that overall the combined shipments of the six largest panel makers in April totaled 19.68 million units, an 8% month-on-month decline but a 5.4% increase compared with the same period in the previous year. Among the vendors, only SDC maintained about the same shipment level as with the previous month, whereas the other five saw shipment decline.
The WitsView’s shipment forecast also highlighted that the expected spike from Chinese Labour Day sales fell short of realization yet the good news was that excess panel capacity was being consumed by TV brand vendors stocking up 4K and large-size panels. The data showed that the six largest panel makers shipped a combined total of 3.1 million units with the penetration rate of the 4K panels in the overall panel market in April reaching 16%, a 4.4% percentage point increase compared with March.
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