25 trillion $ in e-commerce sales per year
The United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said Monday that global e-commerce
sales are on the rise and reach an annual rate of $ 25.3 trillion.
The opening ceremony of the e-commerce week, organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), will take place until 20 April, with the participation of representatives from governments, the private sector, UN experts and representatives of civil society organizations.
The vast majority of the value of e-commerce worth $ 22.4 trillion is between companies, while e-commerce from companies to consumers is about $ 2.9 trillion a year, experts said.
Experts attributed the continuing increase in the volume of e-commerce sales to an increase in the number of shoppers on the Internet in the world, which jumped from 600 million buyers in 2010 to about 1.2 billion in 2016, including 380 million consumers who buy products through e-commerce companies not in their countries.
Experts say 60 to 80 percent of online shoppers live in countries economically developed, followed by consumers from middle-income countries, while shoppers from the world's poorest countries account for only 2 percent.
The opening ceremony of the e-commerce week, organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), will take place until 20 April, with the participation of representatives from governments, the private sector, UN experts and representatives of civil society organizations.
The vast majority of the value of e-commerce worth $ 22.4 trillion is between companies, while e-commerce from companies to consumers is about $ 2.9 trillion a year, experts said.
Experts attributed the continuing increase in the volume of e-commerce sales to an increase in the number of shoppers on the Internet in the world, which jumped from 600 million buyers in 2010 to about 1.2 billion in 2016, including 380 million consumers who buy products through e-commerce companies not in their countries.
Experts say 60 to 80 percent of online shoppers live in countries economically developed, followed by consumers from middle-income countries, while shoppers from the world's poorest countries account for only 2 percent.
