Computer sales in Asia Pacific tipped to grow 15% in 2005
Agence France-Presse
SINGAPORE--Computer sales in the Asia Pacific excluding Japan are tipped to rise by almost 15 percent to 40.03 million in 2005, led by strong demand for notebooks as prices tumble, an industry report said Wednesday.
Growth is expected to continue in 2006 with a projected increase of 12.2 percent to nearly 45 million units, research firm International Data Corp. (IDC) said.
"Notebooks were on fire this past quarter with the spread of low prices and increased awareness in mature and developing countries alike," said Bryan Ma, IDC's regional associate director of personal systems research.
According to IDC, sales of notebook computers in 2005 are expected to increase 35.7 percent, compared with 10.2 percent for desktop computers.
Personal computer (PC) demand will be strongest in the emerging markets of China and India, with other South Asian countries expected to offer significant growth prospects.
"The PC markets in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, though small at the moment, represent burgeoning opportunities in the region, particularly in the business and public sectors," said Andrew Wong, IDC's research manager.
"All of these markets are highly fragmented with a few strong local vendors and a large assembler/whitebox market.
"This represents an opportune time for multinational vendors to respond competitively in order to try to achieve increased penetration in these markets."
China will remain biggest market, with almost 48 percent of the region's sales in 2005 expected to come from the Asian economic powerhouse, IDC said.
Its neighbor India, the second largest PC market in Asia, is expected to clock the fastest sales growth rate of 30.1 percent this year and 25.6 percent next year on the back of buoyant economic growth, IDC said.
For mature markets like Hong Kong and South Korea, computer sales growth rates are expected to be modest, IDC said, without giving specific figures.
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