Victoria, Australia, is "locked down" for 5 days, and the UK plans to impose the world's first "snack tax"

eBay owns nearly one-third of Germany's top 500 online retailers

According to the latest research by data analysis company Statista , nearly one-third of the top 500 online retailers in Germany sell on eBay, a proportion significantly higher than that of eBay in the UK, US and Italy. In addition, German retailers sell four times as many items on eBay as French retailers. In 2020, eBay's global sales reached US$10.3 billion, of which Germany accounted for about US$1.1 billion . According to eBay data , in the first quarter of this year , the number of active buyers on eBay worldwide reached 187 million, of which the German market had 20 million active buyers.

Victoria, Australia, urgently announces a 5-day "lockdown"

According to the latest news from a press conference of the Victorian government, Australia's second most populous state, on the 15th local time , in order to effectively curb the further spread of the epidemic, the state government decided to enter a "lockdown" state for 5 days starting from the early morning of the 16th local time . It is reported that this is the fifth time that Victoria has taken "lockdown" measures since the global pandemic of the new crown epidemic , and the third time this year.

The UK is planning to impose the world's first "snack tax "

On July 15 , Henry Dimbleby, the chief food safety adviser to British Prime Minister Johnson, provided a report to the government on the 14th, suggesting that the UK should impose the world's first "snack tax", mainly on foods containing salt and sugar. If this tax policy is established , British families' annual shopping expenses will increase by 3.4 billion pounds. Based on the current population of 56 million in the UK, this means that each person's food bill will increase by 60 pounds per year, and a family of four's annual food expenses will increase by 240 pounds.

Vietnam's new e-commerce taxation policy confirmed to be postponed

On July 15, the General Department of Taxation of Vietnam announced that it has confirmed that the new tax system for e-commerce platforms, which was supposed to take effect on January 1 this year , will be postponed to August 1. This postponement will provide more adjustment time for sellers on platforms such as Shopee, Lazada and Tiki . According to reports, official data shows that as of now, the Vietnamese tax department has collected about 3.082 billion dong in taxes from Vietnamese companies that have signed advertising contracts with foreign technology companies such as Google, YouTube and Facebook, and now e-commerce will also be included in the tax scope.

In the first half of 2021, the express delivery business volume reached 49.39 billion pieces

On July 15, the State Post Bureau announced today the operation of the postal industry in the first half of 2021. Among them, the total business volume in the same city was 6.46 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 14.9%; the total business volume in different places was 41.84 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 52.2%; the total business volume of international/Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan was 1.09 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 43.1%. In June, the business volume of express delivery service enterprises nationwide was 9.74 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 30.4%; the business income was 91.63 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.0%.

Hainan has launched cross-border e-commerce direct purchase export business

Recently, according to local media reports in Hainan Province, on July 10 , a cross-border e-commerce export cargo charter flight took off from Haikou Meilan International Airport and flew to Davao, Philippines , marking the official opening of Hainan Province's cross-border e-commerce direct purchase export business . It is reported that as of July 13, Haikou Comprehensive Bonded Zone exported two batches of cross-border e-commerce goods , with a list of about 100,000 orders and a cargo value of about RMB 9.27 million.

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