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The Russian printer market is replacing products from American and Japanese manufacturers with models from China and South Korea

The Russian printer market is replacing the products of American and Japanese manufacturers

models from manufacturers from China and South Korea.According to the analytical company ITResearch, the Chinese company Pantum was the leader of the Russian printer market in the third quarter, accounting for 53% of total sales. HP held 21% of the market, while Epson, Canon and Brother each accounted for 4-5% of the market. At the same time, a year ago, HP was in the lead with a share of 36%.

In total for the first half of 2022 in the Russian613,000 printers and desktop multifunction devices were sold on the market, down 36% from sales a year earlier. In the third quarter, the market began to slowly grow, although it still shows a double-digit drop in sales. In 2021, 2.17 million printers were sold on the Russian market.

In addition to the Chinese brand Pantum on the marketother players from Asia also appeared - the Taiwanese company Avision, the Chinese Deli Group and the Korean Sindoh, and the Russian printer manufacturers F + imaging and Katyusha are also increasing their supplies.