Asia Pacific PC shipments to grow 20.3 percent: Gartner

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 12 July 2010, 22:29 IST
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Bangalore: The Asia Pacific personal computer (PC) market is estimated to touch 114.6 million unit shipments in 2010 with a growth of 20.3 percent, according to Gartner. The research house has forecasted that spending on PCs in the region is to grow 12.4 per cent in 2010, compared to only 2.9 per cent in 2009. The improving worldwide economy should lead to better confidence to invest in 2010, especially in Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore, said Lillian Tay, principal research analyst at Gartner. Similarly in India, PC buyers are now more confident to spend, with employment on the upswing, Tay added. In 2010, China is expected to represent 60 percent of all PCs shipped in Asia Pacific and 19 percent of PC shipments worldwide in 2010. According to Gartner, PC unit growth was spearheaded by China and the South Asian Markets in 2009. In 2010, government stimulus programs, that include stimulation of domestic consumption, helped to decrease the unfavorable effect of the US and European recessions on these export-oriented economies. China is expected to see a growth of 22.1 percent in PC shipments, said Gartner. Gartner said that between 2009 and 2014, the entire Asia Pacific PC market will register a compound Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 15.7 percent, while emerging PC markets will lead the growth, particularly China and India. In case of mobile PC units, Gartner estimates a growth of 35.2 per cent in 2010 reaching 53.2 million. It further says that in 2011, a milestone will be reached where mobile PC shipments will take 51 per cent share of all PCs shipped in Asia Pacific. In 2010, Asia Pacific desk-based PC unit shipments will increase 9.9 per cent to 61.4 million units, according to Gartner.