Table:
|  | Fiscal Year 2018 |  | Fiscal Year 2017 |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Net Sales | % of Total | Net Sales | % of Total |
| APAC | $479,987 | 40.0% | $288,764 | 38.1% |
| EMEA | 277,898 | 23.1% | 237,437 | 31.4% |
| Americas | 259,105 | 21.6% | 224,056 | 29.6% |
| JPKO | 183,191 | 15.3% | 7,081 | 0.9% |
| Total | $ 1,200,181 |  | $ 757,338 |  |
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Net sales
Net sales of $1.2 billion for fiscal year 2018 increased 58.5% from $757.3 million for fiscal year 2017. Solid Capacitor and Film and Electrolytic sales increased by $196.1 million and $19.7 million, respectively and net sales for MSA, our new reportable segment in fiscal year 2018, was $227.0 million. Prior to the acquisition of TOKIN on April 19, 2017, the Company did not have any MSA sales.
The increase in Solid Capacitors net sales was primarily driven by the addition of net sales of $133.8 million resulting from the TOKIN acquisition and an increase in net sales to the legacy products distributor channel of $81.7 million. To a lesser degree, an increase in legacy Ceramic products' net sales of $6.0 million in the EMS channel across all regions and $10.2 million in the OEM channel in the EMEA and APAC regions also contributed to the increase in Solid Capacitors net sales. These increases were partially offset by a $28.0 million decrease in net sales in the OEM channel for legacy Tantalum products across all regions. In addition, Solid Capacitors net sales was favorably impacted by $6.1 million from foreign currency exchange due to the change in the value of the Euro compared to the U.S. dollar.
The increase in Film and Electrolytic net sales was driven by an increase in net sales in the distributor channel across the APAC and EMEA regions of $13.7 million, and to a lesser degree, a $3.3 million increase in net sales in the OEM channel of the EMEA region and a $4.2 million increase in the EMS channel across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in net sales of $1.2 million in the OEM channel across the Americas, APAC, and JPKO regions. In addition, there was a favorable impact of $7.6 million from foreign currency exchange primarily due to the change in the value of the Euro compared to the U.S. dollar.
In fiscal years 2018 and 2017, net sales by region were as follows (dollars in thousands):
Question:
What was the change in the percent of total sales from APAC between 2017 and 2018?
Answer: 40.0-38.1 = 1.9