Estimation of secondhand personal computer import and export in Asian region

Author

Yoshida, Aya ; Tasaki, Tomohiro ; Terazono, Atsushi

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Environ. Studies, Tsukuba

fYear

2008

fDate

19-22 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to estimate export of used PCs by trade statistics and compared the results with other methods. The number of exported secondhand PCs can be estimated from export data from ports and quantity and price data to distinguish between shipments of new and used PCs. Exports of secondhand desktop and laptop PCs in 2001 were estimated to be 90,000 units and 245,000 units, and that of in 2004 were 649,000 units and 277,000 units, respectively. The number of PCs collected by manufacturers and exported abroad from Japan was compared with the situation in South Korea.

Keywords

DP industry; international trade; pricing; Asian region; Japan; South Korea; import export; secondhand personal computer; trade statistics; Cathode ray tubes; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer displays; Electronic waste; Liquid crystal displays; Microcomputers; Personal communication networks; Portable computers; Recycling; Statistics; e-waste; trade statistics; unit price;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 2008. ISEE 2008. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2272-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2298-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562928

Filename

4562928