Digitimes Research: September LED light bulb prices up in China market

Jessie Lin, DIGITIMES Research, Taipei

September average retail pricing for 7W LED light bulbs (40W incandescent equivalents) in the China market increased 7.5% on month to CNY33.0 (US$5.2), while that for 9W models (60W incandescent equivalents) rose 5.8% to CNY36.2, according to Digitimes Research.

Average retail prices for 40W- and 60W-equivalent LED light bulbs in the Japan market in September stood at JPY1,672 (US$14.0) and JPY2,726 respectively, the former slipping 3% on month and the latter 0.9%, Digitimes Research indicated.

September average retail prices for 40W- and 60W-equivalent LED light bulbs in other markets were: KRW9,936 (US$8.9, down 0.9% on month) and KRW13,038 (up 0.6%) in South Korea; US$19.8 (up 6.5%) and US$20.1 (up 8.6%) in the US; EUR8.1 (US$9.0, up 3.8%) and EUR13.0 (up 4.8%) in Europe.

Philips 40W-equivalent LED light bulbs and 60W-equivalent models for sale in South Korea had the highest average lumen-price ratios of 99.8lm/US$ and 125.9lm/US$ respectively in September. In terms of luminous efficiency, Toshiba 40W-equivalent LED light bulbs and 60-equivalent models available in the Japan market had the highest average levels of 82.7lm/W and 105.1lm/W respectively.