China's chipmaking equipment market to shrink next year

Projected contraction linked to previous rush purchases amid U.S. tensions

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Naura Technology Group, China's largest chip tool supplier, has improved its technological capabilities. (Photo by Shunsuke Tabeta)

SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- China's chipmaking equipment market is on track for a contraction next year, a result of an earlier rush of ahead-of-schedule purchases amid heightened tensions with the U.S.

Spending on chip manufacturing equipment in China will top $40 billion for the first time this year, according to international chip industry group SEMI.

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