Amazon India recently said 1.5 lakh new sellers joined its platform this year, and over 70,000 Indian exporters in its global selling programme have crossed $2 billion in cumulative exports. In its SMB Impact Report 2020, the Indian arm of the US e-commerce giant noted that it works with more than 10 lakh small and mid-size business (SMBs).
These businesses include sellers, delivery and logistics partners, neighbourhood stores, enterprises, developers and content creators.Amazon India recently said 1.5 lakh new sellers joined its platform this year, and over 70,000 Indian exporters in its global selling programme have crossed $2 billion in cumulative exports. In its SMB Impact Report 2020, the Indian arm of the US e-commerce giant noted that it works with more than 10 lakh small and mid-size business (SMBs).#
"This year has been unprecedented and has impacted the way we work and live. Yet, we remain inspired by the undying entrepreneurial spirit, creativity, resolve and trust in us of businesses, creators and authors to overcome challenges and grow," Amazon India senior vice president and country head Amit Agarwal said.
He added that technology adoption and digitisation will continue to play a crucial role in offering expanded access and opportunities to SMBs, and that the company remains committed to invest and partner in success of SMBs in India.
Earlier this year, Amazon had pledged to invest $1 billion to digitise 10 million SMBs, enable e-commerce exports worth $10 billion and create 1 million incremental jobs by 2025.
The SMB Impact Report 2020 said 1.5 lakh new sellers joined Amazon.in in 2020 with over 50,000 registering in Hindi and Tamil.
With more than 110,000 sellers, Delhi has the largest number of Amazon.in sellers in the country, followed by Maharashtra (87,000) and Gujarat (79,000).
Besides, Amazon Business marketplace registered 85 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth in sales.
"There has been a 64 percent increase in monthly order volumes in 2020. Over 3.7 lakh sellers on the B2B marketplace offer more than 20 crore goods and services tax (GST)-enabled products," the report said.
"There are now over 70,000 Indian exporters selling millions of 'Made in India' products worldwide across 15 international Amazon websites. Indian SMBs and brands on the program have crossed Rs 15,000 crore in cumulative exports," it said.
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