Figure of the day:
5 190 000 000
dollars were spent by Russians in foreign online stores for six months.
According to Central Bank statistics, Russians spent in the first half of 2018 in foreign online stores of 5.19 billion. This is a 24% increase compared to the first half of 2017.
It is expected that overseas online purchases will continue to grow, despite the depreciation of the ruble against the dollar and the Euro. Association of companies of Internet trade even changed their forecasts to 2018 in the direction of increasing.
If earlier the AKITA was expecting ready spending at foreign online stores by $6.9 to 7.3 billion, now — $11-12 billion In the second half sales are traditionally more first half due to the holiday season. Last year, in a year Russians spent in foreign online stores 8.9 billion dollars. It was a record in the history of statistical calculations of the Central Bank, i.e. in 2011.