Polish cross-border e-commerce grew by 45% in 2014

As much as 13 percent of Poles do their online shopping at foreign e-stores, Polish cross-border e-commerce increased by 45 percent last year, Rzeczpospolita daily reported. It is estimated that Polish customers spend PLN 2 billion annually on cross-border e-commerce. The entire Polish e-commerce market is valued at PLN 31 billion (an increase of 19 percent y/y in 2014), but cross-border e-commerce has been growing faster, the daily pointed out. The sector rose by 48 percent in the Czech Republic, by 36 percent in Romania, by 30 percent in Greece and by 21 percent in Hungary in 2014 y/y.