PC Sales Bounce Back, Cross 8 Million Units in 2009-10

MAIT, the body representing India's IT hardware, training and R&D services sectors, announced the findings of its Industry Performance Review for the financial year 2009-10. The total PC sales between April 2009 and March 2010, with desktop computers, notebooks and netbooks taken together, were 8.03 million (80.3 lakh) units, registering a growth of 18 per cent over the last fiscal. The sales of desktops stood at 5.52 million (55.2 lakh) units registering a growth of five per cent. Notebooks and Netbooks taken together recorded a consumption of 2.5 million (25 lakh) units, growing sixty-five per cent over the last year. Given the current macro-economic conditions and conservative buying sentiment in the market, PC sales are expected to cross 9.35 million (93.5 lakh) units in FY 2010-11, growing about sixteen per cent. Almost all segments of the IT hardware registered a healthy growth. The industry is hopeful that the overall PC sales for 2010-11 will cross 9.35 million units in FY 2010-11, registering a 16 per cent annual growth.”

The Notebook sales, which had suffered badly in the previous year made a phenomenal comeback during the year 2009-10 with a remarkable growth of 65% over the previous year. This growth was primarily driven by the Household segment, which accounted for about 56% of the total Notebook sales and registered a growth of 87% during 2009-10 over the previous year.

During the year 2009-10, sales of Servers registered a decline of fifteen per cent over the last financial year. This decline was largely on account of the poor sales during the first-half of the fiscal. During the second-half however, the server sales recovered and registered a growth of 14% over the same period last fiscal. Overall printer sales grew by six per cent during 2009-10 over the last fiscal to reach 1.72 million (17.2 lakh) units. The number of active Internet entities crossed the ten million mark in March 2010. The overall internet entities increased to 10.06 million (106 lakh) units in March 2010, a growth of seventeen per cent over March 2009.