The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) released its 2017 second quarter Lamp Indexes. The NEMA Lamp Indexes are composite measures of member companies' U.S. shipments of a variety of lamp types. The report is designed to track underlying demand for these types of lamps.

Despite a 14.3 percent decrease compared to the first quarter, LED A-line lamp shipments continued a year-over-year climb with an increase of 13.8 percent compared to 2Q in 2016. Incandescent, halogen and CFL lamp shipments decreased in a year-over-year comparison of 2Q 2017 to 2Q 2016; decreasing 31.1 percent, 23.4 percent and 33.1 percent respectively.

Additionally, NEMA released its lamp indexes for High-Intensity Discharge lamps and Linear Fluorescent lamps. To view all Lamp Indexes, click here.