IDC Forecasting 3.6% Decline in 2022 PC Monitor Shipments
Q4 PC monitor unit shipments declined 5.2% globally, but the market exceeded expectations for full-year 2021, rising 5% to 143.6 million units shipped globally, the best-performing year since 2012 when volume was 150.3 million, reported IDC Monday. A weaker second…
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half in 2021 brought down the strong momentum of the first half, when shipments grew 19.4% year over year, said IDC. Challenges in Q4 persisted in the holiday quarter, including high freight costs and Asian supply chain lockdowns, it said: “These challenges that defined the latter half of the year are expected to play well into 2022 and will lead to a 3.6% year-over-year decline in 2022.” U.S. importers sourced 42.9 million PC monitors under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule's 8528.52.00 subheading from all countries in 2021, an 11% increase from 2020, according to the International Trade Commission’s DataWeb portal.