The Latin America region was still very weak largely because of political and economic instability. "The price issue has impacted the EMEA and Latin America regions for the past year. However, PC shipment declines became rather modest in the second quarter compared with previous quarters, which suggests a fading currency impact..""All regions except North America experienced a PC shipment decline. This also marked the fifth consecutive quarter of shipment declines for the Chinese PC giant. "One of the ongoing problems in the PC market has been the price hike in selected regions due to the weakening local currency against the U.S. dollar," said Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner.

Source: Economic Times July 12, 2016 08:15 UTC