ASML expects China to account for ~20% of total sales in 2026, after Q3 sales there surged 109% QoQ, lifting China's share of machine sales from 14% to 23%
Dutch semiconductor equipment giant ASML expects China to account for about 20 per cent of its total sales this year …
The 2026 outlook had pointed to a smaller China contribution, while South Korea took the top position in Q1 2026. The Q3 rebound therefore reverses the direction implied by ASML’s January 20% China-sales forecast and underscores how quickly regional machine demand can shift.
First-order effects
China’s 109% quarter-on-quarter sales increase lifts its share of ASML machine sales from 14% to 23%, supporting ASML’s expectation that the country will provide about one-fifth of 2026 revenue.
ASML’s 2026 regional mix becomes less dependent on the Q1 shift toward South Korea, which had accounted for 45% of net system sales.
Second-order effects
ASML and its network of 2,000 suppliers must plan production and deliveries against a more volatile country mix, rather than treating China’s earlier expected decline as a settled demand pattern.
A stronger China quarter makes ASML’s allocation of tools across Asian customers more consequential, because shifts in one market’s share mechanically alter the revenue weight of other regions.
Third-order effects
The pattern points to chip-equipment demand becoming more geographically uneven from quarter to quarter, leaving ASML’s sales mix shaped by regional procurement cycles as much as by aggregate semiconductor spending.
If these swings persist, equipment suppliers will need supply chains and customer plans resilient to sharp changes in where demand materializes, not only in how much demand exists.
The trend: ASML’s results are one data point in a semiconductor-equipment cycle marked by rapid regional shifts in tool demand and revenue concentration.
This is what retaliation looks like on a balance sheet. Beijing answered the EU's 21st Russia package in July by sanctioning Sindlhauser and 13 other European firms, and Bloomberg reports the Bavarian coatings maker is at risk of going under within months without Chinese rare ear…
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In exchange, EU would remove trade restrictions it put on an unnamed Chinese firm accused of aiding Russia's war Beijing in July sanctioned Sindlhauser, a small German firm specialising in precision manufacturing for chips, in response to the EU's 21st sanctions package
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EU set to lift sanction on Chinese firm to save ASML supplier https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @jendeben @AlbertoNardelli
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EU in talks with China to secure relief from sanctions on Germany's Sindlhauser Materials, a key supplier to ASML Sindlhauser, which relies on Chinese rare earths and critical minerals supplies, is at risk of going out of business in the coming months if China's sanctions stay in…
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@pstAsiatech Why should China ease sanctions just to keep ASML in production of their EUV Lithography machines that will never enter China for Chinese use?
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It needs more than “talks
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The European Union is in talks with China to secure relief from sanctions that threatened the survival of Sindlhauser Materials GmbH, a small German company in the ASML supply chain, according to people familiar with the discussions.
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China has mapped out supply chains for targets for its export controls. https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]
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One of the best example of statecraft by Chinese. They have been systematically mapping potential targets high value targets including obscure ones to maximize negotiating leverage using their rare earths card. https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]
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