At least two of the country’s leading computer suppliers are predicting short to medium-term delivery delays and possible price hikes in personal computers and components in the wake of the devastating floods in Thailand, the world’s second largest producer – behind China – of computer hard drives.
Local supplier NT Computeac told Stabroek Business earlier this week that the immediate effect of the closure of key computer component manufacturers in Bangkok and other parts of Thailand will be the late delivery of imports destined for Guyana. The official said the company was awaiting overdue supplies. He said that while it was anticipated that the shortage of supplies would affect prices it was difficult to speculate on the extent to which prices would be affected.
General Manager of Starr Computers, Rehman Majeed, told Stabroek Business that given the extent of the disruption in production resulting from the floods in Thailand it was “inevitable” that