Forrester predicts growth in online export trade

The global market for online exports will be worth $1.4 trillion with cross-border e-marketplaces worth $400bn by 2004, according to a report from Forrester Research.

By Dominic Maher, 16 November 2000 17:58

NEWS But problems will arise from the cross-border e-marketplaces where the money generated will not be evenly spread among nations due to some countries not actively using the internet for export and import. The report, Sizing Global Online Exports, predicts the real winner will be Western Europe. It will lead all regions, with $692bn in global online exports in 2004, and will be driven by the German B2B market, with sales due to reach $144bn in cross-border sales. The markets will be split into two classes, claims the report: ebusness extroverts and ebusiness introverts. As few as 19 countries will dominate the B2B markets and will be led by Canada, Denmark and Norway.

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