Preferred device for cross-border B2C e-commerce in Belgium 2016-2018

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 30, 2025
This statistic shows the answers to a survey question asking consumers in Belgium on the device usage when buying something from a web shop located in a foreign country in 2016 and 2018. Approximately
**
of the respondents indicated they would use a computer for this purpose, with
**
percent of the respondents using their smartphone.

Based on the number of website visits, Amazon.fr, the French version of Amazon was Belgium's most popular online retailer with roughly
***
million visits in 2017. Chinese web shop Aliexpress had approximately
**
million visits from Belgium. 2ememain.be and 2dehands.be (the same online platform, in respectively French and Dutch) were the most visited online platform with domestic origins.
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Preferred device for cross-border purchases among online shoppers in Belgium in 2016 and 2018*

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Statistic: Preferred device for cross-border purchases among online shoppers in Belgium in 2016 and 2018*

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Release date

July 2018

Region

Belgium

Survey time period

13 March, 2018, to 1 May, 2018

Number of respondents

n 2018 = 580; n 2016 = 324

Age group

18-74 years

Special properties

cross-border shoppers only

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Thinking only about the purchases you make on websites in other countries, what proportion of your purchases in the last 12 months do you think were made using each device?"

* The figures have been taken from several publications. No numbers were provided, however, for 2017 or before 2016, when Belgium was not included in the survey.

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