PC sales to increase by 35% in FY12

Personal computer sales in India is expected to grow 35 per cent in FY12, more than double the growth reported in the previous fiscal, according to a the annual review by hardware association, Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology.

The Industrial performance review for 2010-11 said increasing mobility among consumers is driving the sales of personal computers -- desktops, notebooks and netbooks -- to cross 12.6 million units in the ongoing fiscal.

According to the review, in 2010-2011, PC sales grew by 16 per cent to 9.31 million units in India despite the inflationary pressures.

The sales of desktops stood at 6.03 million units in FY '11, translating into a growth of 9 per cent year-on-year, while notebooks and netbooks recorded combined sales of 3.28 million, a 31 per cent increase vis-a-vis the previous fiscal.

"The overall IT hardware Industry scenario is good and stable as it witnessed growth across all the products," said MAIT president Sandeep Nair.

"The year 2010-11 has indeed been a great year for the Indian IT hardware market as the sales have really picked up across all product segments."

He attributed the growth to stable economic growth and an increase in disposable income.

MAIT found that the growth in sales of notebooks and netbooks was primarily driven by the household segment, which accounted for about 57 and 75 per cent of the total sales, respectively.

Netbook sales crossed the three lakh unit mark for the first time, registering an impressive growth of 80 per cent over the same period last year.

In the case of desktop sales, households and organisations accounted for 50 per cent each of the total sales.

During 2010-11, sales of Servers registered a decline of fourteen per cent over the last financial year. The decline is mainly accounted to the sharp decline of contribution from medium scaled establishments going down.

Overall printer sales grew by fifteen per cent during 2010-11 over the last fiscal to reach 2.87 million (28.7 lakh) units.