Fiscal Year 2019
Fiscal Year 2018
Net Sales
% of Total
Net Sales
% of Total
APAC
$533,340
38.6%
$479,987
40.0%
EMEA
315,535
22.8%
277,898
23.1%
Americas
337,842
24.4%
259,105
21.6%
JPKO
196,101
14.2%
183,191
15.3%
Total
$1,382,818
$1,200,181

text: Consolidated Comparison of Fiscal Year 2019 to Fiscal Year 2018
text: Net Sales
text: Net sales of $1.4 billion in fiscal year 2019 increased 15.2% from $1.2 billion in fiscal year 2018 primarily due to an increased in Solid Capacitor net sales $164.6 million. In addition, Film and Electrolytic net sales increased by $4.3 million, and MSA net sales increased by $13.8 million.
text: The increase in Solid Capacitors net sales was primarily driven by a $111.8 million increase in distributor sales across the Americas, APAC, and EMEA regions. The $111.8 million increase consisted of a $72.8 million increase in Ceramic product line sales and a $39.0 million increase in Tantalum product line sales. Also contributing to the increase in net sales was a $30.6 million increase in OEM sales across the APAC, EMEA, and JPKO regions, and a $28.0 million increase in EMS sales across all regions. These increases in net sales were partially offset by a $3.2 million decrease in distributor sales in the JPKO region and a $2.7 million decrease in OEM sales in the Americas region. In addition, Solid Capacitors net sales was unfavorably impacted by $0.5 million from foreign currency exchange due to the change in the value of the Euro compared to the U.S. dollar.
text: The increase in Film and Electrolytic net sales was primarily driven by a $10.5 million increase in distributor sales across the Americas and EMEA regions. Also contributing to the increase in net sales was $1.7 million increase in EMS sales in the Americas region and a $0.8 million increase in OEM sales in the JPKO region. These increases in net sales were partially offset by a $5.6 million decrease in OEM sales across the APAC and EMEA regions and a $3.1 million decrease in distributor sales across the APAC and JPKO regions. In addition, there was an unfavorable impact of $0.1 million from foreign currency exchange primarily due to the change in the value of the Euro compared to the U.S. dollar.
text: The increase in MSA net sales was primarily driven by a $15.0 million increase in OEM sales in the JPKO region. Also contributing to the increase in net sales was a $4.3 million increase in EMS sales across all regions and a $3.7 million increase in distributor sales across the Americas and EMEA regions. These increase in net sales were partially offset by a $5.5 million decrease in distributor sales across the APAC and JPKO regions and a $3.8 million decrease in OEM sales across the Americas, APAC, and JPKO regions.
text: In fiscal years 2019 and 2018, net sales by channel and the percentages of net sales by region to total net sales were as follows (dollars in thousands):

Questions:
question: What was the main reason for net sales increase between 2018 and 2019?
answer: primarily due to an increased in Solid Capacitor net sales $164.6 million
question: Which years does the table provide information for  net sales by channel and the percentages of net sales by region to total net sales?
answer: 2018
2019
question: What was the net sales in 2019 for EMEA?
answer: 315,535
scale: thousand
question: How many years did the percentages of net sales from EMEA of total net sales exceed 20%?
answer: 2
derivation: 2019##2018
question: What was the change in the percentage of sales from APAC to total net sales between 2018 and 2019?
answer: -1.4
derivation: 38.6-40
scale: percent
question: What was the difference in the net sales in 2019 between APAC and EMEA?
answer: 217805
derivation: 533,340-315,535
scale: thousand