Most of the latest online purchases from abroad among U.S. shoppers were made from China, according to a 2021 survey. Up to 38 percent of the e-commerce users surveyed in the United States had made their most recent purchase from there. The United Kingdom ranked second, with 12 percent, followed by Canada, with 10 percent. In turn, the U.S. was the main market where Canadian cross-border shoppers last bought online.
Countries of most recent cross-border online purchase in the United States as of 2021
cross-border online shoppers who have bought goods online at least once in the last three months and have made a cross-border online purchase in the last year
Method of interview
Online Access Panel
Supplementary notes
* Based on an online survey across 40 countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, U.S.
Sample size between 100 to 1,000 respondents per country.
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IPC. (January 15, 2022). Countries of most recent cross-border online purchase in the United States as of 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 02, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297291/top-countries-last-online-cross-border-purchase-united-states/
IPC. "Countries of most recent cross-border online purchase in the United States as of 2021." Chart. January 15, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 02, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297291/top-countries-last-online-cross-border-purchase-united-states/
IPC. (2022). Countries of most recent cross-border online purchase in the United States as of 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 02, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297291/top-countries-last-online-cross-border-purchase-united-states/
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