In 2020, Luxembourgers seem to be bucking the trend with cross-border e-commerce accounting for over 80 percent of the online retail market, the largest share in Europe. This is usually common for small states, whose digital buyers tend to heavily rely on e-commerce platforms from larger markets, such as neighboring Germany or France. In turn, Belgium and the Netherlands, straddle the European average with cross-border e-commerce making up for 31 percent and 15 percent of online retail sales, respectively. Even with the low adoption of cross-border e-commerce, the Netherlands continues to be an important market. In 2020, European e-commerce platforms generated revenues of over 2.5 billion euros from Dutch shoppers.
Cross-border e-commerce in the Benelux - statistics & facts
In 2020, Luxembourgers seem to be bucking the trend with cross-border e-commerce accounting for over 80 percent of the online retail market, the largest share in Europe. This is usually common for small states, whose digital buyers tend to heavily rely on e-commerce platforms from larger markets, such as neighboring Germany or France. In turn, Belgium and the Netherlands, straddle the European average with cross-border e-commerce making up for 31 percent and 15 percent of online retail sales, respectively. Even with the low adoption of cross-border e-commerce, the Netherlands continues to be an important market. In 2020, European e-commerce platforms generated revenues of over 2.5 billion euros from Dutch shoppers.
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- Cross-border B2C e-commerce revenue in the Benelux
- 9.4bn EUR
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Cross-border B2C e-commerce revenue in Europe 2020, by country
- European country with the highest cross-border share of total online retail
- Luxembourg
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Cross-border share of online retail in Europe 2022, by country
- Benelux country where most shoppers bought from China
- Netherlands
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