Blog - Computer, Electronic And Optical Products

Global trade in laptops and tablet PCs reached 571M units in 2021, rising by 26% against the previous year. In value terms, supplies spiked by 15% to $224B. 

Gas and smoke analyser trade in the EU intensified from $1.4B in 2010 to $3.5B in 2020. In physical terms, supplies rose from 8M units in 2010 to 74M units. 

In 2020, the amount of electronic chips exported from Singapore skyrocketed to 259B units, with an increase of 27% compared with 2019. In value terms, supplies totalled $84.7B.

Germany, the second-largest importer in the global electrical capacitor market, increased purchases last year. In Q1-Q3 2021, its electrical capacitor imports totalled $2B, rising by 40% compared to the same period of 2020. 

China ($2.5B) emerges as the largest and fastest-growing importer of Swiss watches, ramping up its purchases by +9.1% per year on average over the past decade. Despite the Covid crisis, it increased imports by 31%, while the rest of Switzerland's trade partners decreased supplies. The U.S. ($2B) and Hong Kong SAR ($1.7B) followed China in the top importer ranking. 

In the first seven months of 2021, American mobile phone imports reached $29B, which was +21% higher than the figures of the same period of 2020. The U.S. constitutes the world’s leading importer of mobile phones. Last year, American imports dropped by -9.5% y-o-y to $49.5B. China remains the largest exporter of mobile phones to the U.S., supplying 79% of American imports in value terms. In the first half of 2021, Chinese exports to America grew by +45% to $20.5B compared to $14.1B recorded in the same period of 2020. The average mobile phone import price rose by +3.9% to $273 per unit in 2020. 

European desktop computer exports jumped by +36% y-o-y to 6.7M units, reaching $3.8B in value terms. Last year, the Czech Republic was the leading desktop computer supplier in the EU, comprising 37% of total exports. The Netherlands and Germany followed Czechia regarding the value of exported products. In 2020, the desktop computer export price in the EU decreased by -15% compared to the figures of the previous year. 

Global demand for semiconductor chips continues to outpace supply, mainly driven by increasing procurement from both the consumer electronics sector and automobile sector in 2021, catching major semiconductor foundries TSMC and Samsung off-guard. In response, many major Asian chip manufacturers have hiked their prices by up to 20% this year. While both TSMC and Samsung have pledged to increase production capacity, market players project the chip shortfall to persist until 2022/2023. 

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