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Roundup: Turkey's e-commerce volume expands amid COVID-19 pandemic

Source: Xinhua| 2020-08-20 21:55:46|Editor: huaxia

ISTANBUL, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's e-commerce volume surged to 14.2 billion U.S. dollars for the first six months of this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan announced on Thursday.

Pekcan told reporters in the capital Ankara that the e-commerce transactions in the country achieved a 64-percent year-on-year growth between January and June and hit 91.7 billion Turkish liras (14.2 billion dollars).

"E-commerce has become an essential way for all sectors doing business both in domestic and foreign trade," she said.

"When considering the geostrategic position and logistical advantages of our country, we can become a global e-commerce hub in the upcoming future," Pekcan pointed out, adding that the ministry has been trying to develop new projects to improve the scope of e-commerce even further.

The minister also said the pandemic conditions have let more and more Turks, including businesses, to involve in e-commerce activities in a much effective way.

The Turkish government had imposed lockdown measures to curb the spread of the pandemic in March and launched "stay-at-home" orders until the beginning of June when it eased the restrictions.

Metin Turkyilmaz, a freelance economy writer for the Dunya daily, told Xinhua that the e-commerce volume is expected to hit as much as 25 billion dollars at the end of this year, and the scope of the growth cannot be underestimated.

"As Turkish people are generally keen and prone to use technology, the development path of e-commerce in the country is widely open," he said, noting that a very significant part of society has smartphones, and most people are glued to technological developments.

According to the ministry's data, 37.5 percent of those who used e-commerce in the January-June period were between the ages of 25 and 34, while 22.5 percent between 35 and 44 years old.

The data showed that the rate of using e-commerce dropped to 12.3 percent between the ages of 45 and 54, and 7.1 at the ages of 55 to 64.

Turkyilmaz said the ratio of using e-commerce could be remarkably high among younger generations in the country, but the coronavirus conditions taught almost all ages how to make an online order.

"To avoid going to shopping malls or groceries over contamination risks, many people are now using e-commerce sites, no matter how old they are," he said.

Ipek Candemir, a 30-year-old young woman, told Xinhua that she has been doing all kinds of her shopping, including household appliances, food, and outfits, online since March.

"It has become very risky to go out over the coronavirus threat in crowded locations," Candemir said. "Additionally, all the shops are 24/7 open in the virtual world."

She also taught her 60-year-old mother how to do online grocery shopping during the quarantine days.

"She found it very easy, fast, and safe thanks to the high technology involved," Candemir noted. Enditem

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-08/20/c_139305855.htm


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