Description
Description
Cross-border E-commerce refers to import and export activities of cross-border trade conducted through e-commerce methods by transaction subjects from different customs borders. It is mainly classified into B2B and B2C.
In B2B, commercial platforms of cross-border e-commerce are added into the traditional international trade for staple cross-border transactions through information presentation, credit guarantee and payment means, which is still traditional in nature. In B2C, the cross-border transaction is conducted from concentrated purchase of merchants, storage in bonded warehouse and overseas warehouse to terminal consumers through express delivery, which reduces the costs of intermediate links and promotes the retail business of cross-border e-commerce. B2C is a new type e-commerce trade, of which the growth exerts significant impact on traditional trade and logistics mode.
With the increasing disposable income per capita, China is experiencing a new round of consumption upgrade. According to estimation, the number of middle class families with an annual income of over CNY 120,000 will exceed 200 million by 2020. The demand of Chinese consumers for mid-end and high-end skin care products, mother and baby products and health care products increases while most domestic products are inferior in quality but high in prices. Therefore, cross-border e-commerce platforms satisfy the import need of such domestic consumers for foreign goods.
The platforms of B2B and B2C emerge rapidly with the development of cross-border e-commerce industry in China from 2014. Leading enterprises in the e-commerce market such as Alibaba.com and JD.com together with some non e-commerce enterprises such as NetEase all step into the cross-border e-commerce field. In addition, some logistics and payment platforms start the layout of cross-border e-commerce as well. Meanwhile, global e-commerce enterprises such as Amazon.cn enter the cross-border e-commerce market in China with integrated supplier resources, and many overseas e-commerce websites open the business of direct delivery to China.
In 2015, the import origins of top 10 cross-border e-commerce products in China included the U.S.A., Japan, Germany, South Korea, Australia, Holland, France, the U.K., Italy and New Zealand, of which the products are preferred by Chinese consumers. According to CRI, Chinese consumers purchased commodities from 3 countries by average per capita through cross-border e-commerce in 2016, of which the most active consumers purchased commodities from 20 countries. The cross-border e-commerce industry provides selectivity freedom to Chinese consumers towards global products.
In terms of import categories, three major categories including mother and baby products, cosmetics for personal care and nutrition health products pull the import of cross-border e-commerce retails. Generally, cross-border e-commerce becomes the major new channel for Chinese consumers to purchase these products with the improving requirements on qualities of health and safe products. For example, infant formula sold on cross-border e-commerce platforms exerts great impact on the domestic industry.
Chinese government presents ambivalence towards the policy formulation concerning the cross-border e-commerce industry. On one hand, it energetically supports the cross-border e-commerce and issues preferential policies for less product smuggling, better development of Chinese economy and more tax with more employment. On the other hand, the emerging cross-border e-commerce exerts great impact on traditional import industry leading to less tax and value added tax revenue so Chinese government has to enhance the supervision and regulate the tax rate to suppress the excessively rapid expansion of cross-border e-commerce. Such policy ambivalence will impact the cross-border e-commerce industry. However, commodities sold on cross-border e-commerce platforms are superior to that of domestic ones or imported ones through normal channels in terms of prices and quality so it presents a positive development trend in general.
The total import and export value of commodity trade was CNY 24.59 trillion in China in 2015 decreasing by 7% compared to 2014. Meanwhile, the import value was CNY 10.45 trillion decreasing by 13.2% YOY. It is estimated that the foreign trade presents a negative trend with huge downward pressure in China in the next few years. However, the growth rate of cross-border e-commerce surpasses that of the import and export of commodity trade with an increasing penetration rate in China. The trade value of cross-border e-commerce reached CNY 4.8 trillion increasing by 28% YOY in China in 2015 and it is expected to exceed CNY 6 trillion in 2016. According to estimation, the trade value of cross-border e-commerce will exceed CNY 14 trillion by 2020 with the CAGR reaching 20% from 2015 to 2021.
Through this report, readers can acquire the following information or even more:
-Development Environment of Cross-border E-commerce Industry in China
-Supply and Demand Status of Cross-border E-commerce in China
-Market Competition of Cross-border E-commerce in China
-Major Cross-border E-commerce Enterprises and Their Operation Status in China
-Major Driving Forces and Market Opportunities in China Cross-border E-commerce Industry
-Risks and Challenges in China Cross-border E-commerce Industry
-Prediction on Market Scale of Cross-border E-commerce in China
Table of Contents
1 Relevant Concepts of Cross-border E-commerce Industry
1.1 Definition and Classification of Cross-border E-commerce
1.1.1 Definition of Cross-border E-commerce
1.1.2 Classification of Cross-border E-commerce
1.2 Parameters and Assumptions of the Report
1.2.1 Assumption Base
1.2.2 Data Sources
1.3 About CRI
2 Analysis on Cross-border E-commerce Industry in China, 2011-2016
2.1 Development Environment of Cross-border E-commerce Industry in China
2.1.1 Economic Environment of Cross-border E-commerce
2.1.2 Policy Environment of Cross-border E-commerce
2.1.3 Social Environment of Cross-border E-commerce
2.1.4 Technical Environment of Cross-border E-commerce
2.2 Analysis on Supply and Demand of Cross-border E-commerce
2.2.1 Analysis on Consumption Groups of Cross-border E-commerce
2.2.2 Analysis on Market Size of Cross-border E-commerce in China, 2011-2020
3 Competition Status of Cross-border E-commerce Industry in China, 2011-2016
3.1 Barriers to Entry of Cross-border E-commerce Industry in China
3.1.1 Policy Barriers of Cross-border E-commerce
3.1.2 Talent Barriers of Cross-border E-commerce
3.1.3 Brand barriers of Cross-border E-commerce
3.1.4 Logistics Barriers of Cross-border E-commerce
3.2 Competition Structure of Cross-border E-commerce Industry in China
3.2.1 Bargaining Ability of Cross-Border E-commerce Suppliers
3.2.2 Bargaining Ability of Cross-Border E-commerce Consumers
3.2.3 Internal Competition of Cross-border E-commerce Industry
3.2.4 Potential Entrants in Cross-border E-commerce Industry
3.2.5 Substitutes of Cross-border E-commerce
4 Analysis on Major Cross-border E-commerce Enterprises in China, 2013-2017
4.1 B2C Cross-border E-commerce
4.1.1 Tmall.com
4.1.2 Amazon.cn
4.1.3 JD Worldwide
4.1.4 VIP.com
4.1.5 Ymatou.com
4.1.6 KAOLA.com
4.2 B2B Cross-border E-commerce
4.2.1 DHgate.com
4.2.2 Alibaba.com
4.2.3 Osell.com
5 Analysis on Costs and Prices in China Cross-border E-commerce Industry, 2015-2017
5.1 Analysis on Costs of Cross-border E-commerce in China
5.2 Analysis on Sales Prices of Cross-border E-commerce Products in China
6 Prediction on Development of Cross-border E-commerce Industry in China, 2017-2021
6.1 Factors Influencing the Development of Cross-border E-commerce Industry
6.1.1 Major Driving Forces and Market Opportunities in Cross-border E-commerce Industry
6.1.2 Risks and Challenges in China Cross-border E-commerce Industry
6.2 Forecast on Supply of Cross-border E-commerce Industry in China, 2017-2021
6.2.1 Forecast on Quantity of Cross-border E-commerce in China
6.2.2 Prediction on Product Structure of Cross-border E-commerce
6.3 Forecast on Demand for Cross-border E-commerce in China, 2017-2021
Selected Charts
Chart Status of China Export to Major Global Economic Entities, 2015-2016
Chart Policies Concerning Cross-border E-commerce Issued by Chinese Government
Chart Trade Value of Cross-border E-commerce in China, 2011-2020
Chart Trading Amount of Tmall.com, 2014-2020
Chart Trading Amount of Amazon.cn, 2015-2020
Chart Trading Amount of JD.com, 2015-2020
Chart Trading Amount of KAOLA.com, 2015-2020
Chart Layout of Enterprises in China Cross-border E-commerce Market
Chart Layout of Third Party Service Enterprises in Cross-border E-commerce Market
Chart Forecast on Market Size of Cross-border E-commerce in China, 2017-2021
