China
High-yield inkjet printers grow in China despite overall decline
July 18, 2013
While overall shipments of hardcopy peripherals decrease 12.4 percent in 1Q13, shipments of high-yield inkjets increases 15.7 percent year-on-year. IDC’s PRC Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker showed an overall decline in China’s hardcopy peripherals market during the first quarter of the year, with 2.74 million units shipped, corresponding with a decline in revenue of 5.8 percent. […]
Chinese exports fall for first time in 17 months
July 10, 2013
The year-on-year fall of 3.1 percent in June is “well below market expectations”. South China Morning Post reported officials from China’s customs departments stating that the country’s trade outlook is “deteriorating as exporters lose confidence in the face of weak external demand, rising labour costs and a stronger yuan currency”, after exports fell 3.1 percent […]