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Global PC shipments have shown a small increase in the fourth quarter of 2023, two technology analyst companies say, adding that the market appears to have bottomed out, with growth expected in 2024.

Global PC shipments dropped to 65.6 million units in the third quarter of 2023, a 7% year-on-year fall, the technology analyst firm Canalys reports, adding that this was, however, a rise of 8% from the second quarter of the year.

Shipments of PCs in both the Australian and New Zealand markets have fallen in the second quarter of 2023, the former by 5.1% and the latter by 10.3%, both year-on-year.

Global shipments of desktops and notebooks fell by 11.5% year-on-year to 62.1 million units in the second quarter of 2023, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that this followed two quarters when the decline was more than 30%.

Global PC shipments fell by 33% to 54 million units year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023, the technology analyst firm Canalys reports, adding that this was the fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit declines.

India's PC shipments for the second quarter of 2022 dropped to 4.6 million units, a fall of 12%, the technology analyst firm Canalys says.

Shipments of PCs in China have grown by 3% year-on-year in the third quarter to a record of more than 15 million units, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that this reflected growth of 10% quarter-on-quarter.

Supply chain issues have affected global shipments of traditional PCs — desktops, notebooks and workstations — in the third quarter, but despite this there was 3.9% year-on-year growth to mark a sixth consecutive quarter of growth, the technology analyst firm IDC says.

Global shipments of PCs have shown a big uptick in the final quarter of 2020, with three technology research outfits — Canalys, IDC and Gartner — all reporting positive trends which have been in evidence for most of the pandemic period.

Global shipments of PCs in the final quarter of 2020 are expected to hit 143 million units, a rise of 35% year-on-year, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that this would mean a total of 458 million units for the year which is an annual rise of 17%.

The total global PC market — including tablets — grew for the second straight quarter, with shipments of 124.5 million units in the third quarter of 2020, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that this meant a 23% rise year-on-year.

The traditional PC market in India — desktops, notebooks and workstations — saw growth of 9.2% in the third quarter, technology analyst firm IDC says, attributing this to the demand for e-learning and remote working.

Global PC shipments in the third quarter of 2020 increased by 3.6%, totalling 7.14 million units, according to preliminary results released by the technology research firm Gartner.

The Australian PC market — desktops, notebooks and workstations — grew by 35.2% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020 with a total of 1.422 million units shipped, the technology analyst firm IDC says.

The Eemand generated by the coronavirus lockdown has pushed the Europe, Middle East and Africa traditional PC market to record its strongest growth for the last 22 years, the technology analyst firm IDC says.

Global PC and tablet shipments will fall 7% from 395.6 million units in 2019 to 367.8 million units this year, the technology analyst firm Canalys has forecast.

Shipments of so-called traditional PCs in the Europe, Middle East and African markets in 2020 will be 72.2 million, a decline of 1% year-on-year, the global market intelligence firm IDC says, adding that the first half of 2020 would be better than the second, with growth of 1.6% year-on-year for the first quarter and no change in the second quarter year-on-year.

The global PC market is expected to fall by 3.4% in 2020, with PC shipments in the first quarter of 2020 falling by more than 25% sequentially and 10% annually due to the coronavirus outbreak affecting both the channel and supply chains in China.

After eight years of falls, the global PC market recorded its first full year of growth in 2019, with shipments of 268.1 million units. a rise of 2.7% on 2018.

The global PC market, inclusive of desktops, notebooks and workstations, grew 4.7% in the third quarter of this year to 79.9 million units, recording the best growth performance since the first quarter, according to a new analyst report.