Significant increase of LED bulb prices in April of USA market

As the market demand continues increased, the competition among various manufacturers is fierce. In mid-April, the average price of 3030 LED has continued to decline, with a decline of about 3%. Recent mainstream manufacturers have introduced new products to seize market share. For example, Lumileds launched a new LUXEON 3030 2D with a square LES, which optimizes luminous flux and reliability, and is more suitable for spotlights, patio lights, and outdoor lighting applications.

In addition to the continuous improvement of the performance of LED lighting market, in the automotive front-end (OE) market, with the increase of LED penetration rate and the popularity of smart car concepts, many packaging companies such as OSRAM, Lumileds, Nichia, Lunda , Lite-On and others have introduced LED headlights with ADB system packaged LED products, integrated sensing system, you can detect other vehicles or obstacles to control the LED to form multiple shadow areas to prevent glare.

In terms of LED bulbs, the global retail price of LED bulbs that replaced 40W incandescent bulbs rose by 1% in April to US$6.5. The retail price of LED bulbs that replaced 60W incandescent bulbs increased slightly by 0.2% to US$7.6. .

Among the major regions in the world, the average price increase in the United States has been the most significant. The price of products that replaced the 40W and 60W incandescent lamps rose 3.6% and 2.8% respectively, mainly due to the end of low-price promotions, and the prices of most products such as CREE and TCP were all normal. In addition, the average price of products that replaced 40W incandescent lamps in Taiwan increased 1.7%; prices in other regions remained basically stable.