According to the latest report, slowing demand for consumer electronics equipment prompted Taiwanese MLCC suppliers to cut MLCC prices, but larger Japanese peers continued to keep prices unchanged.
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Major Japanese MLCC manufacturers, including Murata, have yet to announce any price adjustment plans for 2022, but fiscal 2021 will end at the end of March, and now is the time for Japanese companies to determine pricing changes for the new fiscal year.
Moreover, “Taiwan’s top two MLCC suppliers Yageo and Huaxinke are preparing to lower their quotations for some of their products in the second quarter, and South Korean peer Samsung Electro-Mechanics will also adjust prices in the second quarter of this year,” the source said.
Furthermore, the source stressed that the rapid surge in metal prices due to the war between Russia and Ukraine has pushed up the production cost of passive components, and transportation costs still showed no signs of falling in the first half of the year.
Therefore, the price cuts in the upcoming quarter of Taiwanese MLCC manufacturers will not be much, and more to restore the consumer goods MLCC market to a healthier level.
