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UK;Internet sales value doubles in 2003 |
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2004-11-24
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The internet sales rose to £39.5 billion in 2003, more than double the 2002 figure of £19 billion, according to the figures released by Office of the National Statistics, UK.
The results of the 2003 e-commerce survey reflect an increase in the value of trade over all kinds of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) across all sectors of the economy, and by businesses of all sizes, said the release.
Other key findings of the survey include:
• Sales over non-Internet ICTs, such as Electronic Data Interchange, e-mail, PC based fax and automated telephone entry, also rose, but more modestly, from £170.8 billion to £195.6 billion (15 per cent). This represented £83 of every £100 sold over all kinds of ICTs.
• Internet sales as a proportion of all ICT sales rose from £10 per £100 in 2002 to £17 per £100 in 2003.
• Internet purchases rose by 113 per cent, from £18.7bn to £39.9bn in 2003.
• For every £100 worth of sales over the Internet, £67 was spent on physical products; for every £100 worth of purchases over the Internet, £78 was spent on physical products.
• The value of Internet sales to households rose to £11.4 billion in 2003 from £6.4 billion in 2002.
• In October, e-bay''s British and American sites were the most visited retail sites, followed by Amazon - the books and music store. Tesco, Argos and Next are also in the top 10. Tesco, the biggest online grocer, takes 120,000 online orders a week. |
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