LED bulbs cost comes down to $8.8

TrendForce has reported the retail prices of LED bulbs all over the world have a downward trend this year for February. Worldwide 40W replacement LED bulb average retail price dropped by 8.2%, reaching 17.8 USD. This is due to the relatively low prices in the newly added Chinese and Taiwanese regions. Worldwide 60W replacement LED bulb average price in certain areas had a clear drop of 13%, reaching 25.7 USD. Aside from the slight drop in original statistical region price, the newly added Chinese and Taiwanese regional prices are also comparatively lower, according to TrendForce. Further analysis shared by the TrendForce on LED bulbs price trend: LEDinside expressed that worldwide 40W replacement LED bulb retail price in February 2013 shows a decline of about 8.2%, attaining 17.8 USD. Of the newly added statistics, the 40W replacement merchandise prices in the Chinese region are low with an average price of 11 USD, currently being the lowest among all the surveyed regions. Chinese domestic-brand bulbs are mostly retailed at 10 US$, with the lowest being 5.5 USD. The Taiwanese region merchandise prices are equally low, with a local-brand bulb dropped to a price of about 8.8 USD. Aside from this, the UK had a clear price drop in February of 0.6%, original merchandise prices slightly fluctuated, with the exchange rate rise bringing about the average price to slightly drop. T...