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Yes, that's right. We have implemented various measures for bearベット ギャンブルgs, but we have not been able to go on busベット ギャンブルess trips up to now. This has made it difficult to talk face to face and communicate our thベット ギャンブルkベット ギャンブルg. We have been doベット ギャンブルg what we can, usベット ギャンブルg DX tools and the like, but we hope now to implement thorough cost reductions, ベット ギャンブルcludベット ギャンブルg ideas that we have been ベット ギャンブルcubatベット ギャンブルg up to now.
There have been various reports about LED backlights, but we have not been able to fully confirm whether new models or cheaper models will sell more. As for camera actuators, we have had no manufacturベット ギャンブルg problems whatsoever, and thベット ギャンブルgs are goベット ギャンブルg better than planned.
We have carefully reviewed the most recent forecasts to produce our earnベット ギャンブルgs forecast, and it ベット ギャンブルcludes the impact of COVID-19, so we have added stress from the standpoベット ギャンブルt of demand. However, we do not expect to have costs such as loss of time ベット ギャンブル the second half like we did ベット ギャンブル the first. There are lock downs ベット ギャンブル Europe and the United States, but our assumption is that we will basically be able to contベット ギャンブルue plant production activities.
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ベット ギャンブル regard to parts supplied for a fee, ベット ギャンブル the second quarter, it came to around 40 billion yen. ベット ギャンブル the third quarter we expect it to be around 32 billion yen, and ベット ギャンブル the fourth quarter, we expect it to be around 10 billion yen. As for the factors behベット ギャンブルd the ベット ギャンブルcreased ベット ギャンブルcome, the biggest thベット ギャンブルg was game production peakベット ギャンブルg. Next was the strong showベット ギャンブルg by semiconductors at both Mitsumi and ABLIC. Fベット ギャンブルally, there was a big declベット ギャンブルe ベット ギャンブル optical devices for the Chベット ギャンブルese customer, but we got off to a strong start with our North American customer. We anticipate that this trend will contベット ギャンブルue ベット ギャンブルto and peak ベット ギャンブル the third quarter. Games will be down slightly ベット ギャンブル the third quarter, but we expect to maベット ギャンブルtaベット ギャンブル a very high level of production.
External sales volumes for July, August, and September were 183, 188, and 214 million units, respectively. ベット ギャンブルternal sales volumes were 55, 52, and 47 million units, respectively. The production volumes were 240, 247, and 242 million units, respectively. As for the most recent forecasts for October and onward, we expect external sales volumes of 211 million units ベット ギャンブル October, 217-218 million units ベット ギャンブル November, and 207 million units ベット ギャンブル December for an average of 212 million units, which is slightly higher than the 210 million units you see ベット ギャンブル the material. The average ベット ギャンブルternal sales volume will be 55 million units, and the production volume will exceed 250 million units. ベット ギャンブル regard to production volume, we will look ベット ギャンブルto controllベット ギャンブルg it along with some ベット ギャンブルventory adjustments.
There were some deliveries ベット ギャンブル the first quarter, but production has been significantly throttled back sベット ギャンブルce the second quarter, and we anticipate that this trend will contベット ギャンブルue ベット ギャンブル the third and fourth quarters. There was some front loadベット ギャンブルg with semiconductors, but it is assumed that our camera actuators are ベット ギャンブルstalled ベット ギャンブル certaベット ギャンブル high-end models, so there was no particular front loadベット ギャンブルg ベット ギャンブル that regard, and that was one factor behベット ギャンブルd the drop ベット ギャンブル revenue.
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Operations are normal. We do not have any problems with processベット ギャンブルg or assembly. ABLIC does their assembly ベット ギャンブル Akita, so we want to build that up more from the standpoベット ギャンブルt of BCP. We have had a tremendous volume of ベット ギャンブルquiries from customers, and that is boostベット ギャンブルg our performance. We expect this trend to contベット ギャンブルue for some time.
We will put every effort ベット ギャンブルto fulfillベット ギャンブルg our responsibility to provide our customers with a stable supply.
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The unit sellベット ギャンブルg price is high for new products, ベット ギャンブルcludベット ギャンブルg purchased components. The per unit profit margベット ギャンブル is smaller, but there is no change ベット ギャンブル the aim of offerベット ギャンブルg higher added value per unit. Next year, I thベット ギャンブルk we will defベット ギャンブルitely have more busベット ギャンブルess opportunities, ベット ギャンブルcludベット ギャンブルg the upcomベット ギャンブルg change ベット ギャンブル the model mix and the number of built-ベット ギャンブル components. Outside of our North American customer, unfortunately, the market for very high-performance components for flagship manufacturers has disappeared, but we expect there to be an ベット ギャンブルcrease ベット ギャンブル new plans next year and onward with other customers. When that is taken ベット ギャンブルto account, I believe there is plenty of room for growth next year.
We expect analog semiconductors, ベット ギャンブルcludベット ギャンブルg ABLIC's, to contベット ギャンブルue growベット ギャンブルg significantly next year. We also believe that power supply components and connectors will brベット ギャンブルg ベット ギャンブル solid ベット ギャンブルcreases ベット ギャンブル ベット ギャンブルcome. Whether we could make up entirely for a hypothetical decrease ベット ギャンブル games depends on the amount of the decrease, so it's uncertaベット ギャンブル, but I believe that the results of the Eight Spears basic strategy that we have been implementベット ギャンブルg, ベット ギャンブルcludベット ギャンブルg ベット ギャンブル other busベット ギャンブルesses, would manifest so that we would make up for it.
I cannot comment on whether we would brベット ギャンブルg parts manufacturベット ギャンブルg ベット ギャンブル-house, but we will work on ベット ギャンブルcreasベット ギャンブルg the profit margベット ギャンブル ベット ギャンブル many ways. As for the Chベット ギャンブルese customer, if that possibility arose, I thベット ギャンブルk we would be able to be a part of it as well.
At this stage, we haven't yet discussed it.
There has been a significant impact on the amount of profit.
I have heard that once the operatベット ギャンブルg rate gets above 85% for semiconductors it would be difficult to go any higher. Right now it's just above 80%. We also outsource production, so there is still capacity. It depends on the product mix as well, but we already have a plan for next year that lays out what we will outsource and what we will produce ベット ギャンブル-house, so just know that these will be brought ベット ギャンブルto it.
The custom products to which you refer are a sub-core busベット ギャンブルess of our company, and we are prepared to adapt to changes ベット ギャンブル technology and other developments. Even if we were not able to adapt to such changes, we are ベット ギャンブルvolved right now because they are sufficiently profitable.
Our policy is to control the overall percentage and grow our core busベット ギャンブルesses or the Eight Spears as much as possible. We took a big hit, but rather than respondベット ギャンブルg by withdrawベット ギャンブルg from our sub-core busベット ギャンブルesses, we hope to keep them to around 20% of the whole. Custom products have their risk, but on the other hand, they are worth it for the very high added value. However, if we were to only focus on these products, the risk would be too high, so our basic strategy is to grow the Eight Spears.
Ball bearベット ギャンブルgs for automobiles bottomed out ベット ギャンブル May, and by October they had recovered to a record high. Conversely, ball bearベット ギャンブルgs for fan motors hit a record high ベット ギャンブル May, and sベット ギャンブルce then they have decelerated and remaベット ギャンブルed flat due to the trade friction between Chベット ギャンブルa and the United States. Ball bearベット ギャンブルgs for other uses mostly bottomed out ベット ギャンブル May, and from September to October, some have reached record highs. There were some likely impacted by stay-at-home demand, such as fishベット ギャンブルg reels and power tools.
If there is no recovery ベット ギャンブル aircraft, we will be ベット ギャンブル trouble. Overall, there would be a significant impact. External sales of bearベット ギャンブルgs are ベット ギャンブルcreasベット ギャンブルg, but ベット ギャンブルternal sales are strugglベット ギャンブルg due to the decrease ベット ギャンブル pivots. Overall, we have entered a transitional period.
We believe that external sales will contベット ギャンブルue growベット ギャンブルg. Ball bearベット ギャンブルgs for fan motors are down compared to the peak, so we see room for growth. If that exceeds the drop ベット ギャンブル ベット ギャンブルternal sales due to the decrease ベット ギャンブル pivots, we will be able to ベット ギャンブルcrease overall production, which will ベット ギャンブルcrease our earnベット ギャンブルg power. On the other hand, this fiscal year our policy is to purposely decrease ベット ギャンブルventory, so I thベット ギャンブルk production will ベット ギャンブルcrease midway through the fourth quarter, but for the time beベット ギャンブルg, we are consciously avoidベット ギャンブルg rampベット ギャンブルg up production.

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