Last year, HP retained its first position in the country’s personal computer (PC) market. HP shipped more than 1.3 million units in the fourth quarter. The company’s market share is 31.5 percent and its shipments have increased by 58.7 percent last year. There was record growth in the PC market last year. Vendors shipped approximately 1.48 crore units. In many companies, demand has increased due to work from home and better supply. Shipments of notebook computers increased to 11.6 crore units and contributed significantly to the volume increase. Sales of desktop computers have grown nearly 30 percent on a year-over-year basis. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) report, HP ranked first in PC shipments in the country. Dell took second place with 23.6 percent market share. The company shipped more than 10 lakh units in both the third and fourth quarters. Dell led the enterprise segment with 38 percent share. The company benefited from increased demand from IT and ITES companies. According to the report, Lenovo ranked third in the fourth quarter and the entire previous calendar year. It registered a growth of 22.8 percent on year-on-year basis. Lenovo was second after HP in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) segment with 24.7 percent share. However, the supply disruption affected the company’s total shipments. Acer and Asus stood at the fourth and fifth positions. These two companies retained their positions with 8.2 and 5.9 percent stake respectively. The report said that Acer was among the companies that took maximum advantage of the recovery in the desktop category. It secured second position in the commercial segment with 25.8 percent share. Acer’s position in the commercial desktop market has remained strong over the past few years. Asus registered a growth of 36.1 percent last year. Its performance in the commercial segment was very good and the company’s growth in this was 227.2 percent on year-on-year basis. In India, which is one of the biggest PC markets in the world, there is a lot of competition among big companies to increase sales. Because of this, these companies often offer discounts.
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India’s PC market grew less than 1 percent last year
The PC market in the country grew only 0.3 percent last year. However, this market has registered a decline of 28.5 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. This market includes desktops, notebooks and workstations. The notebook category declined by 37.8 percent in the fourth quarter, while desktop shipments increased. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), due to high inflation and weak sentiment, the consumer segment of this market has declined by 27.4 percent and the enterprise segment by 42.6 percent on a year-on-year basis. However, the Government and Education segments have grown by 117.6 per cent and 28.3 per cent respectively. Desktops and workstations recorded growth of 32.3 percent and 24.7 percent on year-on-year basis but there was a decline of 8.4 percent in the notebook category. The premium notebooks category grew by 14.6 percent but the commercial segment was down by 7.9 percent. Shipments through online channels have declined by 9.4 percent last year. HP ranks first in the country’s PC market. Its market share is 30.3 percent but it has declined by 3.2 percent on year-on-year basis. American company Dell is in second place. Its market share is 19.2 percent and it has decreased by one percent compared to last year. China’s Lenovo is in third place. Its market share was 18.9 percent and there was an annual growth of 3.1 percent. It is followed by Acer and ASUS with market shares of 9.9 percent and 6.8 percent respectively. The re-increase in Corona cases in China at the end of last year has affected many industries. This is also likely to affect the launch of new PCs and laptops. The problems of suppliers of companies manufacturing personal computers and laptops in China also increased due to Corona. This will cause delays in shipments, which will impact the availability of products like new laptops. Contract manufacturing firms like Compal, Inventec, Quanta and Wistron did not suffer from shortages of components or workers. They had not asked their suppliers to increase production due to the availability of inventory and the expectation that demand would not be very high in the first quarter.