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E-commerce market volume in Azerbaijan increases by 1.7 times

Azerbaijan Materials 11 October 2013 17:22 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 11 /Trend H.Valiyev/

In January- September 2013, the volume of the e-commerce market in Azerbaijan amounted to 1.8 million manats, the State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan said on Friday.

According to the report, the total volume of e-commerce retail trade in Azerbaijan increased by 1.7 times compared to the same period last year.

Customers of the e-commerce market are legal entities and individuals engaged in e-commerce and buying goods and services.

Some 84.7 per cent of goods purchased in electronic form by Azerbaijan's population accounted for legal entities and some 15.3 per cent for individuals.

Some 91.3 per cent of the e-commerce market turnover accounted for nonfoods.

During this period the total retail trade in Azerbaijan amounted to 13.9 billion manats. Sales of consumer goods increased by 9.6 per cent compared to the same indicators of 2012.

Official rate for Oct.11 is 0.7843 AZN/USD.

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