Indian PC shipments fall 20% in Q4 2013: Gartner

NEW DELHI: Declining government spending on hardware hit Indian PC shipments during the October-December quarter, as sales fell by 20 per cent to 1.96 million units, research firm Gartner said today.

"In absence of any government orders this quarter, the Indian PC market performed dismally, re-emphasising the fact that with current economic sentiments and current political scenario, enterprises are deferring their purchases," Gartner principal research analyst Vishal Tripathi said.

Consumers accounted for 49 per cent of the total PC sales in the fourth quarter of 2013 in India, he added.

White boxes (including parallel imports), which accounted for 44 per cent of the overall desktop market, declined 10 per cent in Q4 2013 year-on-year. On the other hand, mobile PCs saw a 27 per cent y-o-y growth.

HP maintained its leadership position with 21.3 per cent market share, followed by Dell (18.6 per cent) and Lenovo (15.9 per cent).

Acer and HCL had market share of 9.2 per cent and 2.5 per cent, respectively.