Total sales were lower by 26.8 per cent compared to June 2016 quarter.
The commercial segment witnessed "healthy growth", while consumer market shipments declined by 13.8 per cent sequentially in the June 2017 quarter, it said.
IDC attributed the steep fall in consumer sales to the implementation of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime.
"Uncertainty about the levy of the new tax structure restricted the stocking of inventory and in turn led to limited sell-in of tablets in the country," IDC India Associate Market Analyst (Client Devices) Celso Gomes said.
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IDC India Senior Market Analyst Jaipal Singh said consumer segment shipment is expected to be better in the second half of the year, recovering from two quarters of consecutive decline as the market prepares for upcoming festival season.
"However, vendors will continue to focus on commercial deals to channelise the digitalisation wave in the country," he added.
Lenovo led the market with 21.8 per cent share, followed by Samsung (20.6 per cent), Datawind (18.2 per cent), iBall (15.2 per cent) and Apple (7.7 per cent).
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