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http://www.sunherald.com/prnewswire/story/729744.html
Sales Volume of China’s Printer Market Reaches 1.9419 Million Sets in 2008Q2, Down 1.7% Year-on-Year
BEIJING,
Aug. 08–CCID Consulting, China’s leading research, consulting and IT
outsourcing service provider, and the first Chinese consulting firm
listed in Hong Kong , recently released a report on sales volume of
China’s printer market.

Under a favourable economy in 2008Q2,
China also faces inflation pressure. The growth rate of users’ demands
for printer obviously slow down, which resulting in depression in the
whole of China’s printer market. CCID Consulting’s data shows that the
sales volume of China’s printer market in 2008Q2 reaches 1.9419 million
sets, down 1.7% year-on-year. Sales revenue reaches 2.68 billion Yuan,
down 0.3% year-on-year. China’s printer market experienced its first
downslide in 2008Q2 in the past ten quarters.

As for market
segment, inkjet printer market still has weak presentation in 2008Q2.
Its sales volume reaches 1.1803 million sets in 2008Q2, down 6.8%
year-on-year, which is the major reason for the decline in China’s
printer market. However, the demands from traffic, manufacturing,
government, education and family users drive rapid development of laser
printers and dye-sublimation printers. CCID Consulting’s data shows
that the sales volume of China’s laser printer reaches 510,700 sets, up
110.1% year-on-year; the sales volume of China’s dye-sublimation
printer reaches 13,600 sets, up 36.5% year-on-year.

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August 7, 2008 at 11:21 AM