TOKYO – Global electronics sales could rise 5% to 200 trillion yen ($2.24 trillion) next year, Japan’s leading electronics industry association forecast today.

Electronics and communications equipment, in terms of dollars shipped, will grow for the first time in three years, said the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association.

The trade group pointed to tremendous spending by various governments, including $586 billion in China, $224 billion in Japan, and $800 billion in the US, as helping to spur recovery in electronics.