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Asia Pacific PC market grew 18 pct in Q3-Dataquest
Reuters Story - November 25, 1997 19:01
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Dataquest Inc said the
personal computer market in the Asia Pacific region grew 18
percent in the third quarters, led by strong growth in China,
despite the currency crises in many Asian countries.
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd became the number one
vendor, jumping past Compaq Computer Corp , which
slipped to number two position, after being number one in the
Asia-Pacific region for eight straight quarters.
Samsung had 7.1 percent of the Asia Pacific market in the
third quarter, while Compaq had 6.7 percent.
Dataquest said that PC shipments reached 2.2 million units
in the quarter, up 18 percent from 1.9 million units a year
ago. China led all countries with units surpassing 608,000.
"Demand in China continued to be fueled by its strong
economy that remains undisturbed by the currency crises," said
Cherry Velarde, an analyst at Dataquest's Asia Pacific program.
Velarde said that more than 27 percent of total units sold in
the region went to China.
Dataquest said Samsung moved to the number one position,
even amid a severe economic downturn in Korea, because of the
success of its home computer market.
Acer Inc of Taiwan was the third largest vendor
in the Asia Pacific region, with 6.7 percent of the market.
While China led the region with the strongest growth, other
countries also had a positive quarter, such as Taiwan, which
grew 36 percent, Singapore, up 26 percent, Hong Kong, up 16
percent and Australia, which grew 10 percent.
Dataquest said the currency crises had the most negative
effect on PC markets in Southeast Asia, with Indonesia and
Thailand the worst hit in the quarter. Indonesia and Thailand
saw dramatic reductions in purchasing from the corporate sector
and shipments fell five percent in both countries.
Growth in the Malaysian PC market was also inhibited by the
currency devaluation and resulting price increases, but unit
shipments were up 18 percent in Malaysia.
Dataquest, a market research firm based in San Jose,
Calif., is a unit of the Gartner Group and has direct
local operations in Japan and seven countries in the Asia
Pacific region.
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