IDC reports Hard Copy Peripherals Market in CY 2013 remains static

International Data Corporation (IDC) has reported that Hard Copy Peripherals market in India declined by 0.1 per cent year-on-year in CY2013 and stood at 3.2 million units.

“Both consumer and commercial market were weak in the first half of 2013 but with the help of aggressive consumer and commercial marketing and a couple of bulk government orders overall shipments improved in the second half of the year,” said Mohit Raizada, Senior Market Analyst, IDC.  

HP is leading the race with 48.9-per cent shipment share in CY 2013, followed by Canon with 19.1-per cent share. Epson and Ricoh continued to be at third and fourth position, respectively, but Ricoh entered at fifth position in CY 2013.

The strong focus on Inkjet models by HP powered by Ink Advantage, and Canon by the wide range of lower-end inkjet printers has kept the market strong even in such weak economy.

In the Laser segment, Laser HCP (Printer-based) market grew with 2.1 per cent in terms of unit shipments in CY 2013 when compared to total shipments in CY 2012. Here too, HP was the market leader with 52.3-per cent market share, followed by Canon and Samsung with 18.3 per cent and 12.4 per cent, respectively.

After a very high growth last year, Laser HCP (Copier-based) declined marginally by 0.6 per cent in CY 2013 when compared to the CY 2012 in terms of unit shipments. Canon lead the Copier-based Laser market with 26.1-per cent market share, followed by Ricoh and Konica Minolta with 20.7-per cent and 17.4-per cent market share, respectively.