E-commerce revenue in Russia grew to 1.12 trillion rubles in March

The Federal Tax Service (FTS) of Russia noted an increase in the revenue of the e-commerce sector (electronic commerce) in the country by 22.7% to 1.12 trillion rubles. About it informed “Interfax” with reference to these services.

Most of the income from online commerce was received by legal entities – they accounted for about 1.09 trillion rubles. At the same time, individual entrepreneurs (IEs) received revenue in March of about 26.4 billion rubles. The share of marketplaces over the past month was 60%, and the average check grew to 1,003 rubles. – this is 64 rubles. more than in February.

February 2023 e-commerce revenue grew only by 3.2% and amounted to more than 910 billion rubles. Then it was noted that the revenue of legal entities amounted to more than 880 billion rubles, and individual entrepreneurs – only 22.2 billion rubles. The share of marketplaces was about the same – 59%, and a total of 208.5 million unique buyers were recorded – in March this figure increased to 212.3 million.

Previously, Vedomosti, citing a study by the analytical company Data Insight wrotethat the total turnover of the e-commerce market in Russia in 2022 amounted to 5.7 trillion rubles. Compared to 2021, this figure increased by 38%. In real terms, the growth was about 65% – up to 2.8 billion orders.

Analysts also noted that the main growth in online sales in 2022 was provided by large universal marketplaces. In the second half of 2022, their share reached a record 73% in the total number of orders.