Manufacturers Association for Information Technology: Quarterly Review 2004-05
According to Manufacturers Association for Information Technology (MAIT), sales of personal computers by 39 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2004-05 to 8.9 lakh units. MAIT has forecast that sales of personal computers in 2004-05 would cross 1.8 million units.
The sales of personal computers in first quarter of 2004-05 was eight per cent lower than the last quarter of 2003-04.
The growth in sales of notebooks were also robust at 35,320 units in April-June 2004, a growth of 139 per cent as compared to the same period last year.
Servers sales grew 28 per cent year-on-year to touch 20,387 units, while market for dot matrix printers grew 95 per cent in first quarter of 2004-05 to 1,70,612 units.
In the printer category, ink jet scored the highest with sales of 1,65,339 units, though the growth in the segment was a mere 14 per cent. Sales of laser printers grew 47 per cent year-on-year to touch 40,726 units.
The market for UPS grew 43 per cent year-on-year in April-June 2004 to 1,81,250 units.
Unbranded PCs and smaller lesser known regional brands accounted for 46 per cent of the 8.9 million units shipped. However, the share of assembled PCs in the overall personal computer declined from 53 per cent in financial year 2003-04.
The growth in PC sales can be largely attributed to increased IT consumption by traditional heavy spenders like telecom, manufacturing, banking and financial services. Small businesses, IT training institutes, retail sector, households and other computer centric small enterprises also showed higher consumption.
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