Taiwan market: PC shipments down in 2Q12, says IDC

Adam Hwang, 13 September 2012

There were a total of 720,117 notebooks and desktops shipped in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2012, decreasing 8.7% on quarter and 11% on year, while the corresponding shipment value of US$444.7 million also dropped 0.6% on quarter and 10.2% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.

Desktop shipments in the second half of 2012 will rise 7.8% from the first half, and notebook shipments will increase 44.1%, IDC Taiwan forecast.

IDC: Taiwan market PC shipments, 2Q12
		Amount	Q/Q	Y/Y
Desktops	Volume	442,916	(14.7%)	(8.1%)
	Value (US$m)	223.9	(4.9%)	(3.2%)
Notebooks	Volume	277,201	2.8%	(15.4%)
	Value (US$m)	220.8	4.1%	(16.4%)

Source: IDC Taiwan, compiled by Digitimes, September 2012