90% of the respondents said that material prices have risen, and only 7% of PCB circuit board manufacturers said they could solve the problem of core shortages this year. During the epidemic, material costs, labor costs, orders, and backlog of production capacity are recognized as key business indicators that have increased. In fact, 90% of respondents see material prices rising, while only 2% see material prices falling. Correspondingly, more than 65% of the surveyed manufacturers believe that it is difficult to obtain the required materials from suppliers. In the survey, more than 52% of the manufacturers chose "the shortage of semiconductors has led to a significant increase in the prices they pay to suppliers", and PCB circuit board manufacturers believe that the prices of materials such as semiconductors have dropped significantly.