Taiwan’s flat panel display production is expected to reach US$40.379 billion by the end of 2007, higher than the US$34.51 billion expected for Korea and US$22.548 for Japan, said Chung Chun-yuan, analyst with ITRI’s Industry and Technology Intelligence Services (ITIS).

For panels 10 inches or larger, Taiwan has the highest global market share of 48.7 percent, higher than South Korea’s 37.7 percent and Japan’s 9.5 percent. Yet for panels sized under 10 inches, Japan still has the highest market share of 59.5 percent, followed by Taiwan’s 20.5 percent and South Korea’s 16.6 percent.

In terms of global shipments of large-size panels, Taiwan has registered 46.5 percent, higher than Korea’s 41.1 percent and Japan’s 4.5 percent.

In terms of shipments of LCD monitor panels and LCD TV panels, Taiwan has registered 53.9 percent and 42.8 percent, respectively, both higher than Korea’s 32.1 percent and 41.6 percent.

Korea, however, leads Taiwan in shipments of notebook panels, registering 58.8 percent, higher than Taiwan’s 35.5 percent.

Chung also pointed out that Korea’s two major manufacturers, Samsung and LG, both rely on Taiwan supplies. Samsung, for example, gets 50 percent of its LCD TV panels from Taiwan, breaking down into 29.8 percent from AU Optronics, 16.1 percent from Chi Mei Optoelectronics, and four percent from Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT).

As for LG, it gets 11.9 percent of its LCD TV panels from Chi Mei, 10.2 percent from CPT, and five percent from AU.

In a related story, production values of Taiwan’s semiconductor packaging and testing industries are expected to total NT$234 billion and NT$103.5 billion for 2007, accounting for 54.3 percent and 65.5 percent, respectively, of the world’s total, ITIS said.

Those totals represent an increase of 11 percent and 12 percent, respectively, over last year, ITIS said.

The ITIS predicted that for the 2006-2010 period, the production values of the semiconductor packaging and testing industries will post a composite growth of 12 percent and 10.8 percent, respectively, while that of the entire semiconductor industry will reach 9.1 percent.

By 2010, the annual production values of the semiconductor packaging and testing industries will have reached NT$332 billion and NT$139.4 billion, respectively, according to ITIS.

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