A recent survey reports, general lighting field for the first time to become the world's largest packaged LED market - a market capitalization of $ 3.1 billion in 2012. It is estimated in 2012, the global market packaged LED will be $ 13.7 billion, not including the bare chip or module sales of lighting products. The report also summarizes LED supplier ranking growth / decline rate in 2012. Samsung (Samsung) performance is good, because it increases the LED applications in consumer electronics products, such as TV products. Working closely with Samsung, South Korea Lumens Limited also increased significantly. In the field of general lighting (Cree) Cree and Philips Lumileds are the most prominent beneficiaries. Looking ahead, the global packaged LED market will rely on SSL biggest driver part, is expected to increase to $ 15 billion in 2017, which means that the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.8%. The LED chip unit price will continue to decline.According to reports, the lamp replacement market increased from $ 2.1 billion in 2011 to $ 2.58 billion in 2012. This increase was mainly brought about by the elimination of major energy generation facilities after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011. LED Downlight in Japan this year to become mainstream products, accounting for more than half of the sales of downlights.