The domestic copier and printer market will witness a slightcontraction this year as well, from 57.1m euros to 51.2m euros,after having plummeted by over 50% last year, according to Gartnerresearch company.
The most seriously hurt segment last year was that of printers,which fell by 57.2%, to 85,314 units, in the context where theentire office equipment market dropped from 52m euros to 125.2meuros a year before.
"Though the financial sector is regaining health, lending will notbe resumed, and access to loans will still be tight. Also, theunemployment rate is rising further in 2010. Unfortunately, thiswill hurt the recovery of the office equipment market," say FelixEnescu, Gartner Romania head.
According to Gartner data, 56% fewer business multifunctionalprinters were sold last year, and sales reached 1.7m euros. Also,sales of copiers shrank by 44%, to 194,606 units.
In turn, a GfK survey reveals sales of office equipment were thehardest hit in the second quarter of 2010, going down by 28.9%.
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