LED light tube shipments in Japan to grow 48.7% in 2014

There will be 32.3 million LED light tubes shipped in the Japan market in 2014, hiking 48.7% on year and accounting for 21.7% of all lighting tubes rising 7pp on year, according to Digitimes Research.

The ASP for an LED light tube will drop 30% from 2013 to JPY2,060 (US$21) in 2014, with resulting shipment value of JPY66.54 billion to increase 4% on year, Digitimes Research indicated.

Currently in Japan, 43% of LED light tubes are used in retail stores, 25% in public space, 24% in offices and 8% in residential space.