Most major Asian electronic producers reported double-digit increases in early 2021. The chart below shows three-month-average change versus a year ago for electronics production. The data is from each country’s official statistics and is in local currency.
China, by far the largest producer of electronics, was growing at about a 10% average rate in 2019.As many factories were shut in early 2020 due to the pandemic, electronics production change versus a year ago turned negative.
