subject: The earthquake causes the electronics shortage [print this page] The earthquake causes the electronics shortage
The great earthquake happened in Japan on 11 is close to the Japan semiconductor manufacturers. After the earthquake, the famous electronics enterprises including Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic closed the related factories one after another. Once there is shrotage of the related elements, it will have great influence on the shipments of the downlink wholesale electronics manufacturers.
The experts think influenced by the earthquake, there will be temporary shortage of the memmory chip and LCD panel accessories in short term. It will have bad effect on the world electronics industry.
Some Japanese merchants worry about it a lot. Especially in the Northeat Japan, there are many electronics industry and car related enterprises. At this time, the electronics accessories and car components enterpriese are affected to a great extent.
The influence on the electronic products caused by the earthquake has spreaded to China. The Beijing digital electronic products centralize in Zhong Guan-cun. The dealers are afraid of the supply interrupt. The price of the high end digital cameras manufacturered in Japan is on the rise.
A camera dealer Xiao said, "The Japan manufacturing factory supply is damged by the earthquake. There is interrupt in the whole supply chain. The Digital SLR camera suffers a lot. Getting the earthquake notice, we are trying to replenish the stock. As to the present consuming, the existed stock can only last for a week at most."
They have the resonable worries. After the earthquake, Nikon and Canon digital camera manufacturers publish the damaged condition of the related factories. The Nikon branches and factories have stopped the production due to the partial damage of the device and buildings. It's uncertain about the production recovery time.
Japan is the main supplier of the world electronic component. Except for the digital camera, the main electronic products like mobile phone, LCD TV, computer and monitor are produced in large quantity. Many uperstream raw materials and accessories are imported from Japan. It will have great influence on the China supply in short time. The downstream manufacturers will be forced to find the replacement or decrease the production.
Shenzhen is one of the manufacturing places of China electronics. Shenzhen Cultural Exchange Promotion Secretary general Huang Xu worries a lot about it. "Shenzhen IT, electronics and home appliances factories are affected. Many key components are imported from Japan. If they are manufactured by the factories in the Northeast Japan, they are possible to be affected."
