Laptop, Tablet Imports Hit Record High During COVID-19 Lockdowns
The U.S. imported more laptops and tablets in April than in any previous April in the history of the category, showed Census Bureau data we accessed Monday through the International Trade Commission. There was a surge in demand for work-from-home…
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and remote-learning tools. U.S. importers sourced 9.36 million laptops and tablets in April, a 75% sequential increase and up 28% from April 2019. The average device was worth $459.01. April also was a record-high month for China, which shipped 8.7 million devices here and was 93% of all laptop and tablet imports to the U.S.