SEMI reports that the three-month average of worldwide billings of North American equipment manufacturers in March 2017 was $2.03 billion. The billings figure is 2.6 percent higher than the final February 2017 level of $1.97 billion, and is 69.2 percent higher than the March 2016 billings level of $1.20 billion.

“March billings reached robust levels not seen since March 2001," said Dan Tracy, senior director, Industry Research and Statistics, SEMI. “The equipment industry is clearly benefiting from the latest semiconductor investment cycle.”

The SEMI Billings report uses three-month moving averages of worldwide billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers. Billings figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.

	Billings (3-mo. avg)	Year-Over-Year
October 2016	$1,630.4	20.0%
November 2016	$1,613.3	25.2%
December 2016	$1,869.8	38.5%
January 2017	$1,859.4	52.3%
February 2017 (final)	$1,974.0	63.9%
March 2017 (prelim)	$2,026.2	69.2%

Source: SEMI (www.semi.org), April 2017