Electronics distributors don't see more demand yet

* Technology distributors see no green shoots outside China

* Ingram CEO says IT industry in middle of worst stages

* Falling prices could benefit distributors

By Georgina Prodhan and Paul Sandle

LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - Electronics distributors are not yet seeing any improvement in demand for the roughly $350 billion worth of computers and components they channel to buyers worldwide every year except in China and a few niche areas.

At a conference in London, some of the world's biggest distribution companies said the supply chain for electronic goods was moving again after practically grinding to a halt, but it was too early to speak of any broad-based recovery.

"For people to start throwing out green-shoot messages, as a lot of people were doing two, three months ago, they are eating crow at this stage," Greg Spierkel, chief executive of the world's biggest distributor Ingram Micro (IM.N: Quote, Profile, Research), told Reuters.

European distributors, such as Italy's Esprinet (PRT.MI: Quote, Profile, Research), were even less optimistic. "So far, we don't see any major sign or any minor sign of improvement," CEO Alessandro Cattani told the meeting of the Global Technology Distribution Council.