Russian PC market rallies in Q4 1999 and sales reach pre-crisis levels, IDC

Moscow, Russia, February 22 2000 - Thanks in part to last minute spending on the eve of the millennium, the Russian PC market surged to levels recorded prior to the financial crisis of Q2 1998.

IDC recorded total shipments of 379K units for a total market value of $355 million. Total shipments for full year 1999 totaled 1,188K units, annual unit growth of 25 percent compared with 1998.

Discounting the boom year of 1997, IDC believes that the Russian PC market has now recovered to pre-crisis levels.

Several factors that might have thwarted market growth appear to have had only limited impact on shipments. Despite product shortages and higher prices following the 1999 earthquake in Taiwan, market demand remained strong. Likewise the elections to the State Duma – in previous years a cause for hesitation by corporate buyers – appears not to have been a reason for companies to delay investments.

Benefiting from strong sales to the consumer segment, the Russian vendor Formoza was the leading vendor. Compaq recorded the largest market value in Q4 1999.

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Опубликовано: 21 февраля 2000 г.

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