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The Manufacturers' Association for Infor-mation Technology (MAIT) announced
its industry performance review for fiscal 2006-07 that states the total PC
sales between April 2006 and March 2007, with desktop computer and notebooks
taken together, were 6.34 million units, registering a growth of 26 percent over
the previous year.
PC sales are projected to touch eight million units in 2007-08, given the
strong macroeconomic conditions and positive buying sentiment in the market, led
by demand from various industry verticals.
Demand was highest from the telecom, banking and financial service sectors;
education and BPO/ITeS; and rose also on account of e-governance initiatives of
the union and state governments. Further, significant consumption of PCs in the
small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contributed to the industry growth and
consumption in the home market also remained buoyant.
Commenting on the need for a strong domestic IT market to strengthen India's
hardware manufacturing industry, Vinnie Mehta, Executive Director, MAIT said,
“Domestic demand is likely to gain further momentum in 2007, which has been
declared the 'Year of Broadband'.
Emphasizing the need for robust infrastructure to boost manufacturing
process, Mukul Singhal, President, MAIT added, “A strong infrastructure base,
reliable power, and a logistics and transportation infrastructure is the need of
the hour.”
Desktop
The North followed by the West led the desktop consumption accounting for 31
percent and 27 percent of the market, respectively. Sales in the North grew by
59 percent, while in West it grew by five percent over 2006-07. Desktop
consumption in the East increased by 53 percent accounting for 18 percent of the
market. The southern states witnessed a decline of 12 percent in desktop sales,
and accounted for 24 percent of the market.
Multinational brands accounted for 39 percent of the total desktop market in
2006-07, registering a growth of 33 percent over the 35 percent
share last year. The proportion of Indian brands fell from 28 percent to 23
percent. Assembled PCs and unbranded systems witnessed a growth of over 22
percent accounting for 38 percent of total PC sales in 2006-07.
The business segment accounted for 74 percent of sales, registering an 18
percent growth on YoY basis. While sales to factory locations and SMEs were
poor, sales to the large establishments witnessed a robust growth of 69
percent. E-governance activities led to 126 percent increase in government
consumption of PCs. Household consumption of desktops grew by 23 percent,
accounting for 26 percent of the total desktop market, with sales crossing 1.40
million units.
The metros accounted for 32 percent of the total desktops purchased with 15
percent growth in consumption. Desktop purchase in B-class cities accounted for
eight percent, witnessing a decline of 26 percent. In smaller towns, PC
purchases increased by 33 percent to account for 60 percent of the total PCs
sold. Smaller towns accounted for 54 percent of the market in the last fiscal.
Notebook
Notebook sales recorded a high growth of 97 percent. Consumption of
notebooks by the business segment grew by 41 percent. Consumption of notebooks
in households grew fivefold accounting for more than the fifth of total
notebooks market.
Server
Servers registered a growth of one percent over the last FY, making for a
compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12 percent over the last five years.
Server sales declined by five percent in metros and by 53 percent in the
class INext four cities (Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune). It grew by 23
percent in the smaller cities across the country.
Peripherals
Overall printer sales that stood 1.49 million units, declined by one percent
during 2006-07. Printer sales are estimated to cross 1.8 million units in
2007-08.
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