DELL Inc's shipments jumped 35 percent year on year in the third quarter in the Asia-Pacific region, though the company faced near-term uncertainties triggered by the credit crisis, the world's No. 2 personal computer maker said yesterday.
The contribution of emerging markets had "minimized the influence" of the global economic crash, according to Michael Dell, the company's founder and chairman. At a conference yesterday in Shanghai, he defined China as a "critical emerging market to Dell." In China, Dell has seen 30 percent sales growth so far this year, the company said.
In the Asia-Pacific region, Dell's shipments grew 35 percent year on year, triple the industry's average growth rate, according to International Data Corp, a United States-based consulting firm.
Dell said last month that slow demand had spread from the US to Europe and Asia.
In China, Dell has expanded its distribution channels from 90 to 1,200 cities this year.
Dell has a cash pool of US$10 billion and is preparing for a round of mergers and acquisitions, focussed on the IT service sector, Dell said.
In the first half of the year, China's mainland PC sales totaled 19.54 million units, a 19.9-percent growth year on year. Laptop sales jumped 72 percent, four times the increase in desktop sales, according to IDC.