During 2006, combined shipment value for 8 major product categories shipped by the Taiwanese IT hardware industry is expected to run over US$85.6 billion, according to Market Intelligence Center (MIC), a Taipei-based ICT industry research think tank. Shipment value will receive a powerful boost from growth of notebook PCs and LCD monitors, which are expected to respectively climb by 17.9% and 5.1% to US$35.8 billion and US$20.5 billion. Other product categories such as servers and desktop PCs are projected to witness annual growth between 9% and 11%, while digital still cameras are anticipated by climb by 26.2%.
During 2006, gains in many of the product categories will come from value-line models and emerging markets as the industry's mainstream shipments are based on mature technology. This is likely to intensify Taiwanese dominance of global IT hardware industry volume, but will bring with it inevitable price declines. To ward off the deleterious effect on shipment value, Taiwanese makers are continuing to work toward higher value-added products, improved innovation competencies, and worldwide logistics integration, as well as product design and marketing based on consumer behavior trends.
MIC estimates that in 2005 aggregate shipment value for the 8 product categories totaled US$77 billion, growth of 10.5% from 2004. Notebook PCs and LCD monitors were once again the major force behind growth. In terms of share of global supply, Taiwanese makers were collectively the largest world's producers of notebook PCs (82.4%), motherboards (98.3%), LCD Monitor (71.7%), and CDT Monitor (53.4%) by volume. Taiwanese share of global supply for optical disk drives, digital still cameras, and servers reached 40.1%, 41.8%, and 34.5%, respectively, aggregately accounting for the second largest volume of any nation in each product category.
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Table 1 |
2005 Major Taiwanese IT Hardware Shipment Value & Volume |
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US$ Million/Thousand Units |
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2005 Shipment Value(e) |
2005/2004 Value Growth |
2005 Shipment Volume (e) |
2005/2004 Volume Growth |
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Notebook PC |
30,325 |
38.9% |
48,977 |
46.6% |
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Desktop PC |
10,109 |
7.5% |
38,651 |
12.6% |
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Motherboard |
6,253 |
0.4% |
113,067 |
5.1% |
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Server |
2,075 |
13.1% |
2,466 |
16.9% |
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LCD Monitor |
19,497 |
35.4% |
73,237 |
60.5% |
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CDT Monitor |
2,548 |
-27.0% |
24,421 |
-30.9% |
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Optical Disk Drive |
3,427 |
-3.3% |
116,330 |
4.7% |
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Digital Still Camera |
2,777 |
40.8% |
23,910 |
51.4% |
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Source: MIC, Dec 2005 |
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Table 2 |
2006 Taiwanese IT Hardware Shipment Value/Volume Forecast |
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US$ Million/Thousand Units |
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2006 Shipment Value(f) |
2006/2005 Value Growth |
2006 Shipment Volume (f) |
2006/2005 Volume Growth |
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Notebook PC |
35,757 |
17.9% |
60,537 |
23.6% |
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Desktop PC |
11,021 |
9.0% |
41,851 |
8.3% |
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Motherboard |
6,446 |
3.1% |
118,974 |
5.2% |
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Server |
2,302 |
10.9% |
2,860 |
16.0% |
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LCD Monitor |
20,489 |
5.1% |
86,153 |
17.5% |
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CDT Monitor |
2,080 |
-18.4% |
19,840 |
-18.8% |
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Optical Disk Drive |
3,757 |
9.6% |
121,193 |
9.6% |
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Digital Still Camera |
3,506 |
26.2% |
41,735 |
30.0% |
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Source: MIC, Dec 2005 |
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Market Intelligence Center, based in Taipei, Taiwan, was founded in 1987. MIC is Taiwan's premier IT industry research and consulting firm providing intelligence, in-depth analysis, and strategic consulting services on global IT product and technology trends, focusing on markets and industries in Asia-Pacific. MIC is part of the Institute for Information Industry. https://mic.iii.org.tw/english