PC sales decline 15% in 2016, says IDC

The size of the personal computers (PC) market in India shrunk 15.2 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2016 to 8.58 million units from 10.12 million in 2015, analyst firm International Data Corporation said. 

The sharp drop in sales is attributed to subdued consumer demand during the first half of the year and cash crunch following demonetisation of high-value currency notes in November.

Market leader HP India furthered its lead over Dell, despite market shares of both the firms growing during the year. While HP held 28.4 per cent of the market in 2016, up from 25.4 per cent in 2015, Dell’s market share stood at 23.3 per cent, up from 21.1 per cent in the previous year. 

Chinese consumer electronics firm Lenovo’s market share, however, declined in 2016 to 17.6 per cent from 23.4 per cent. The size of the consumer PC market shrunk 13 percent y-o-y to 4.22 million units. The commercial PC market declined by 17.4 per cent to 4.35 million in 2016. 

“Barring fulfilment of limited large education projects, the year witnessed muted investment and delayed spending from government segment in the second half of 2016. Enterprises’ consumption had been the mainstay in holding up aggregate demand during the period,” said Manish Yadav, associate research manager, client devices, IDC India.