LED lighting prices generally fall
The past two years , the global lighting market began to show "no white" effect , but by the upstream chip technology to enhance the impact of the rapid decline and price gap between LED lighting and traditional lighting products narrowing between the upstream and downstream LED lighting products prices has become an indisputable implemented. Currently, the price of LED lighting products is growing at an annual rate of about 20 percent decline in many areas , whether or replace 40W LED Bulb 60W minimum price have been even less than $ 10 , gradually approaching the price of traditional energy-saving lamps .
According to global research agency statistics , in October 2013 to replace 40W LED products worldwide prices fell more significant part of the regional brand lamps have the lowest prices fell below $ 10 , and the gap between different regions of the product price is gradually narrowing. Especially in the UK , showed 11 percent fell sharply. Part of the original high-priced items prices, low-cost items will continue to decline . Osram, Samsung , LG and other brands are near or below $ 10 products sold in the United Kingdom area. The region replaces 40W commodity lowest price now reached $ 8.1. In the U.S. region , except CREE, Wal-Mart recently launched low-cost light bulbs , the Philips , Ecosmart also have been less than $ 10 products to sell. The region replaces the current minimum of 40W commodity prices have fallen to $ 9 .
Currently, the global LED lighting products are varying degrees of speed gradually declined , the impact LED product prices, pushing prices there are two main factors : First, the LED technology to enhance the production costs can be lowered. In recent years , LED upstream chips huge investment , the current chip prices have dropped 30 percent in 2010 . While the new technology are endless , PhilipsLumileds, Toshiba, TSMC Solid State Lighting , Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy No products have been launched packaged chip , and become the future face of price pressures LED powerful weapon . The second aspect is because the prospects of LED lighting attracts huge influx of many of the capital, making the increasingly fierce competition in the market "price" have become an important means of competition LED enterprises. In addition , Philips , Panasonic , CREE LED and other international giants join further provoked the "price war" International LED brands.