Almost every second dealer is from China. Many consumers do not even know where to buy, because a company based in China could also be behind a name ending with DE, according to a study commissioned by the Chamber of Labor (AK).
The proportion of companies based in Austria is less than two percent of all search results in this survey. Most Austrian sellers were found by searching for spirits (10 percent), televisions (6.5 percent) and winter sports products (5.1 percent), according to the AK. Amazon, on the other hand, points out that over 2000 Austrian small and medium-sized enterprises sell their products on the Amazon Marketplace.
In a recent study, RegioData Research estimates that only 27 percent of Austrians’ online sales are made by companies based in Austria.
Source: Nachrichten
