According to MIC, shipment volume of the Taiwanese small and medium size TFT-LCD panels retreated to 377.9 million units, down 4.4% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2013. However, as Chinese mobile phone and tablet vendors were stocking up inventories, shipments of small and medium size TFT-LCD panels for mobile phones and tablets posted slight sequential growth of 3.1% and 3.8%, respectively.