The worldwide market for consumer electronics products continues to be strong and will o expand through 2011, reports In-Stat. Shipments of consumer IT and CE products will grow from 2.7 billion units in 2007 to 3.1 billion units in 2011.
"Traditional consumer electronics devices continue to be led by the conversion from analog to digital television (DTV)," says Brian O'Rourke, In-Stat analyst.
Recent research by In-Stat finds Asia/Pacific and Rest of World (including Africa, Middle East, and So. America) regions will lead in overall annual growth rates for CE and Consumer IT.
PCs shipments will be driven by a continued transition from desktop to mobile units. "PCs will maintain their strong growth pattern with a compound annual growth rate of 9.7% through 2011.
Their research, "Consumer Electronics Rollup 2008: DTV Set to Lead CE Products Market Growth" examines consumer electronics products in three categories-personal computers (PCs) and peripherals, traditional consumer electronics products, and communications devices. It provides WW forecasts by product type and by region through 2011.
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