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Create a new record! Japanese PC shipments broke through millions

According to Money DJ, Japan’s Electronic Intelligence Technology Industry Association (JEITA) announced on the 24th that due to strong demand, domestic PC (desktop + notebook) shipments in September 2019 increased by 71.8% compared with the same month last year. A total of 1.153 million units were shipped. It has continued to grow for 12 months, maintaining a double-digit (10% or more) increase for 11 consecutive months, and the growth rate exceeded 63.8% in January 2014, the largest increase in history since the implementation of the current statistical method.

In the first half of the month, Japanese PC shipments exceeded the million units in the first half of the year (from March 2019), a record high since March 2014. If it is in September, it will record a record high.

In addition, the amount of PC shipments in Japan increased by 72.4% in the same month of last year, totaling 102.4 billion yen. It has continued to grow for 12 months and has maintained a 2-digit increase for 11 consecutive months.

JEITA's statistics include eight vendors including Apple, Sharp PC subsidiary Dynabook, Fujitsu, NEC, Panasonic, and Lenovo.

According to the Nikkei News, Japan’s consumption tax rate will increase in October, and Microsoft will terminate its support for the Windows 7 operating system in January 2020 and the global wave of change, making Japanese PC makers busy increasing production. To respond to demand.

Japan's MM Research Institute pointed out that in 2019 (April 2019 - March 2020), domestic PC shipments are expected to increase by 13% year-on-year to 13.39 million units, which is expected to hit a new high since 2013.