Large-size LCD panel prices hard to rise during the year

According to reports, sources from LCD panel makers stated that the prices of large-size TFT LCD panels are expected to stabilize basically in the fourth quarter and may rise in the first quarter of next year.

Due to the Christmas shopping season in the fourth quarter, TV panel shipments in September are expected to increase from the previous quarter. Panel makers also used the increase in shipments of LCD panels to compensate for the loss of IT (notebook and monitor) panel shipments to maintain overall panel shipments and capacity utilization.

The price of TV panels in the second half of this month is expected to continue to decline, and it will stabilize in November. As the space for IT panel price decline has been very small (close to the cost price), the large-size panel prices will gradually stabilize throughout the fourth quarter.

The rise and fall of the TV panel price will depend on the specific sales of the 11th Golden Week in China and the Christmas shopping season in Europe and Latin America at the end of the year.

In the third quarter, IT panel prices are expected to drop by 15% from the previous quarter and TV panel prices will drop by 10%.

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