Alibaba heads records in Ukraine: Ukrainians ranked 2nd in the world as regards the number orders made from AliExpress

11.11.2019

The number of orders made by Ukrainians from AliExpress in the first 10 months of this year increased by 70%. This made Ukraine AliExpress top 2 market in terms of yoy growth rate on the marketplace. By gross merchandise volume in 2019, Ukraine become AliExpress's top 10 market.
Over the three quarters of 2019, Ukrposhta has already delivered more than 20 million of shipments from China. The major part of the shipped items are goods ordered from online stores. These goods are mostly purchased by 24-35 years old Ukrainians and over 50% of the purchases are made via smartphones on AliExpress. According to the platform data, the most popular categories among Ukrainians are Phones and Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Automobiles and Motorcycles.
Residents of Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions are the main Ukrainian AliExpress buyers. Ukrposhta delivered 56% of parcels ordered by Ukrainians from China to these three regions.
"The reason for the rapid growth of import from China I see in launching of special AliExpress Cainiao Super Economy non-trackable shipping service, designed for the goods worth up to 2 USD and AliExpress Saver limited tracking shipping service for the goods worth up to 5 USD. This allowed AliExpress sellers to reduce their goods cost and to offer Ukrainian consumers free delivery service. According to Ukrposhta, more than 30% of all Chinese shipments contain goods worth up to 2 USD", said Ukrposhta First Deputy Director General for Operations, Oleksandr Pertsovskyi.
AliExpress 11.11 Global Shopping Festival will be traditionally held on November 11 2019. Last year, within 24 hours, Shopping festival accumulated more than 1 billion orders totaling 30.8 billion USD. According to Ukrposhta, due to November sales, the increases of postal items volume makes more than 70% to the average monthly volume.
This year there are some new offers for buyers. One of them is the opportunity to order with discounts not only Chinese goods, but also products from small local sellers from Italy, Spain, Turkey and other countries. Alibaba is promoting small and medium-sized businesses from not only China, but also from around the world.
“AliExpress is dedicated to becoming a lifestyle platform for consumers and for merchants worldwide. The introduction of overseas local SME merchants that registered on AliExpress to Alibaba Group’s flagship 11.11 Global Shopping Festival is just the beginning of our commitment to bring more local SMEs to the platform and help them grow and succeed in international markets”, said Wang Mingqiang, General Manager of AliExpress.
"AliExpress's vision of small businesses attracting to global exports is completely shared by Ukrposhta. Totally free e-Export School program for exporters and online export cabinet, launched by Ukrposhta, were honored this year with World Post and Parcels Awards 2019 as the best social responsibility and e-commerce technology projects. The projects open for Ukrainian small and medium-sized businesses new opportunities to trade on the largest online marketplaces and to send their shipments worldwide from the remotest corners of Ukraine", said Ukrposhta First Deputy Director General for Operations, Oleksandr Pertsovskyi.
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On November 11, China will celebrate Bachelor's Day and online stores will hold a sale that will continue with Black Friday sale and Cyber Monday. In particular, AliExpress will hold Global Shopping Festival - 10,000,000 products from 70,000 stores are available on the platform. Home appliances, clothing and consumer electronics with discounts up to 70% are available with free delivery from Ukrposhta or at the lowest delivery cost. The Alibaba 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, held annually on November 11, is the world's largest 24-hour sale. In 2009, when the first festival took place, the sales volume made 7.8 million USD. AliExpress is a global marketplace founded in 2010.

Distribution of shipments delivered by Ukrposhta from China, September 2019.