Curb on imports may have cascading effect on second-hand laptop prices

All prominent PC companies like Lenovo, Apple, Dell and HP import laptops to meet the demand in the country

“This is reminiscent of what the situation was like immediately after Covid, when the market had gone down,” says Manoj Kumar, a laptop retailer at New Delhi’s Nehru Place.

A tech maverick’s haven, Nehru Place is one of Asia’s biggest and busiest IT markets.

As you enter the market complex, several young boys gather around, asking if you want your laptop repaired or wish to buy a ‘new’ one, before leading the way to some small shop.

The central government on Thursday imposed import restrictions on laptops, tablets, personal computers, and other similar data-processing units, citing “security risks”.

Although China