eBay and the Shanghai cross border e-commerce industry association hosted a series of" go to sea e-way counterparts"activities to promote the transformation and upgrading of high-quality enterprises and traditional advantageous brands in Shanghai and sail to sea through cross-border e-commerce retail exports. Photos provided by eBay
chinanews.com, Shanghai, June 18 (reporter Li Jiajia) From January to May this year, the import and export of cross-border e-commerce in Shanghai bucked the trend, with a year-on-year increase of 49.2%. The development potential of cross-border e-commerce retail is huge. This is the information disclosed by Li Hong, the second level inspector of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, on the 18th in the series of activities of "going to sea with superior products E-road" jointly sponsored by eBay, the global e-commerce pioneer, and Shanghai cross border e-commerce industry association
as the first modern city to complete industrialization in modern China, Shanghai has a strong industrial accumulation and complete supporting facilities, bringing together many excellent production and manufacturing enterprises, foreign trade enterprises, trade and circulation enterprises and the majority of small and medium-sized enterprises. Benefiting from industrial clusters and talent aggregation, well-developed and convenient logistics system and policy dividends, Shanghai's cross-border e-commerce enterprises have made great efforts on eBay platform in recent years, and show the development trend of branding and specialization
since the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic this year, the home isolation order has stimulated more demand for online shopping. According to the latest performance expectation released by eBay, the transaction volume (Gmv) of the platform achieved strong growth during the epidemic period. The sales of various categories on the platform, including home gardening, electronics, fashion, auto parts and other categories, have significantly accelerated growth. Consumer behavior shows a strong "home economy" trend, which is also shown in the hot products of sellers in Shanghai
according to eBay's internal data, in the first quarter of 2020, home decoration, auto and motorcycle parts, clothing, sporting goods, health and beauty products and household appliances were the hot categories for cross-border exports of sellers in Shanghai. The sales volume of electric shaver and sofa increased by nearly 400% over the same period last year, with the sales volume of electric shaver and vacuum cleaner increasing by nearly 400% over the same period last year. Other popular products also include headphones, fitness equipment, auto parts and storage supplies
in addition, in the four major retail export destination markets of the United States, Britain, Germany and Australia, Shanghai sellers on eBay platform achieved good performance in the first quarter compared with the same period last year. In the United States, the sales volume of sporting goods and special printing equipment sold by Shanghai sellers increased by nearly 40%; In the UK, the sales volume of home decoration, health and beauty, automobile and truck accessories and other categories of Shanghai sellers increased by more than 30%; In Germany, home appliances and home decoration products of Shanghai sellers increased by nearly 70%, auto and truck accessories increased by nearly 90%, and sporting goods increased by more than 50%; In Australia, sales of sporting goods and computers by sellers in Shanghai increased by nearly 30%
in the first quarter of 2020, home decoration, auto and motorcycle parts, clothing, sporting goods, health and beauty products and household appliances were the most popular categories for cross-border exports by sellers in Shanghai. The pictures provided by eBay