Mobile Phone Shipments to China Fall 6 Percent in March as Economy Slows

A man uses a mobile phone to scan the QR codes for job-seeking information during an internet expo at the fifth World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, China on Nov. 7, 2018. Jason Lee/Reuters

SHANGHAI—Shipments of mobile phones to China fell 6 percent in March compared with the same year-earlier month, official figures showed on April 10, as slowing economic growth took a toll on the sector.

The shipments dropped to 28.4 million units in March from 30.2 million units in March 2018, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) said.