This statistic shows the likeliness of increased sales or starting online sales through EU-wide harmonized rules for ecommerce by industry sector in the year 2014. In 2014, a share of 25 percent of responding companies in the manufacturing sector replied that they would definitely increase their online sales in other EU countries or start selling in these countries.
If the same rules for e-commerce were applied in all EU member states, do you think that your firm would start or increase its online sales in other EU countries?*
companies that sold their products and/or services online in another EU country in 2014 and those that used to do it, tried to do it, are trying to do it or are considering it
Supplementary notes
* Original survey question:
"If the same rules for e-commerce between your company and customers were applied in all EU member states, do you think that your firm would start or increase its online sales in other EU countries?"
The survey was carried out in 26 member states of the European Union. Malta and Cyprus were excluded from the survey.
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European Commission. (May 1, 2015). If the same rules for e-commerce were applied in all EU member states, do you think that your firm would start or increase its online sales in other EU countries?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/461689/expectation-of-increased-sales-through-eu-wide-harmonized-rules-for-ecommerce/
European Commission. "If the same rules for e-commerce were applied in all EU member states, do you think that your firm would start or increase its online sales in other EU countries?*." Chart. May 1, 2015. Statista. Accessed May 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/461689/expectation-of-increased-sales-through-eu-wide-harmonized-rules-for-ecommerce/
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European Commission. "If The Same Rules for E-commerce Were Applied in All Eu Member States, Do You Think That Your Firm Would Start or Increase Its Online Sales in Other Eu Countries?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/461689/expectation-of-increased-sales-through-eu-wide-harmonized-rules-for-ecommerce/
European Commission, If the same rules for e-commerce were applied in all EU member states, do you think that your firm would start or increase its online sales in other EU countries?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/461689/expectation-of-increased-sales-through-eu-wide-harmonized-rules-for-ecommerce/ (last visited May 09, 2025)
If the same rules for e-commerce were applied in all EU member states, do you think that your firm would start or increase its online sales in other EU countries?* [Graph], European Commission, May 1, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/461689/expectation-of-increased-sales-through-eu-wide-harmonized-rules-for-ecommerce/
