Global Laptop Shipments Up 54% in Q4, 32% for Year, Says Strategy Analytics
Remote work and learning drove global laptop demand to its highest level ever in Q4, reported Strategy Analytics Tuesday. Shipments in the quarter increased 54% year over year to 69.7 million units, while unit volume for 2020 jumped 32% to…
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226.8 million, said SA. “Strain on the supply chain and rising component costs will be a key concern as demand is expected to stay high in 2021,” said analyst Eric Smith. Lenovo again finished the year with top global share, though its lead over second-place HP fell to 1.2 points from 3.9 points in 2019. The 125.68 million laptop and tablet imports to the U.S. in 2020 under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule’s 8471.30.01 subheading was a 22.6% increase from 2019 and the most in any year since the Census Bureau began reporting that HTS category in 2007 (see report, Feb. 9 issue).