Since the third quarter of 2017, the price of passive components has continued to rise.Products are mainly involved in MLCC and R - Chip (Chip resistor), MLCC increase in more than 20% on average, R - Chip increase slightly smaller than MLCC, in MLCC products, often products increase is small, small size, high capacitance and other high-end MLCC products increase the most.

In response to questions from investors on the interactive platform, MLCC, a listed company, said that the supply of MLCC would continue to be tight.Since the beginning of the third quarter of 2016, the news of the shortage of MLCC has been widely reported. By 2017, the tension between supply and demand has not been alleviated, and the price increase has become the unified action of the industry.

 

In the first three quarters of this year, major MLCC manufacturers including fenghua hi-tech, huaxin technology, guotai, JINPEI electronics and other major MLCC manufacturers have issued price increases, and some manufacturers have raised their prices more than once.At the end of September, the company released a notice of the extension of the MLCC delivery date, suspension of orders and price increases, and the extent of the market's tension.In the fourth quarter, chaozhou three-ring is released as early as October of MLCC price increase notice, by over 15%, at the same time delivery by 1 months to 4 months, sounded the horn of MLCC industry continues to rise in price in the fourth quarter.According to the current situation, the imbalance between supply and demand will continue until 2018.