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MAIT, the apex body representing the hard-ware, training and R&D services
sectors of the IT industry in the country, announced the findings of its
Industry Performance Review for the financial year 2005-06.
The PC market – desktops and notebooks taken together, grossed 5.04 million
(50.4 lakh) units registering a growth of 32 percent over the last fiscal.
Desktop sales crossed 4.6 million (46 lakh) units registering an annual growth
of 27 percent while the notebooks shipments exceeded 0.43 million (4.3 lakh)
units growing 144 percent over 2004-05.
With sound macroeconomic conditions and buoyant buying sentiment in the
market, desktop sales are expected to cross 5.6 million (56 lakh) units in
fiscal 2006-07 while overall PC shipments would exceed six million units.
The growth in PC sales, on the one hand, can be attributed to significant
consumption by industry verticals such as telecom, banking and financial
services, manufacturing, retail and BPO/ITeS as well as major e-governance
initiatives of the central and state governments; on the other hand, the drop in
prices, especially at the entry-level contributed to a strong households market.
The southward trend in pricing continued during the year due to technological
reasons and other initiatives of the industry, including the sub-Rs 10,000 PC.
Significant consumption in the small and medium enterprises added to the
industry numbers. Further, the trend of increased PC purchase in smaller towns
and cities as witnessed in the previous years, continued undiminished.
The proportion of the assembled PCs – the smaller lesser known regional
brands and unbranded systems, reduced from 41 percent of the total PC sales in
2004-05 to 37 percent in 2005-06, however, in absolute terms they registered a
growth of 14 percent. Aggressive pricing from the branded players cannibalized
the market for the assembled PCs. A proportion of the Indian brands grew from 24
percent in 2004-05 to 28 percent, registering a growth of 48 percent. The market
share of the MNC remained constant at 35 percent, however, they registered an
annual growth of 27 percent.
The MAIT-IMRB review revealed that PC sales to the business segment improved
by 33 percent accounting for 75 percent of the total PC consumption. Households,
with sales growth of 12 percent, accounted for 25 percent of the market. Within
businesses, sales to the larger businesses (over 50 employees) grew by 38
percent; to the medium business segments (between 10 and 50 employees) grew by
17 percent and that to small enterprises by 45 percent.
As per the study by MAIT –IMRB, overall printer sales grew by 28 percent
over that in FY 2004-05. The resurgence in the market for the dot-matrix
printers as witnessed two years ago, continued undiminished in 2005-06. Sales of
the Dot-matrix printer grew 18 percent over 2004-05. The growth projection for
FY 2006-07 for overall printer sales is 23 percent; sales are expected to cross
1.8 million (18 lakh) units.
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