During a survey fielded in Chile in the third quarter of 2020, around 12 percent of online purchases reported by the responding internet users were considered by the source as informal shopping on Chilean websites. The share of informal shopping on foreign e-commerce platforms in Chile amounted to 11 percent in the same period.
Informal e-commerce transactions as a percentage of total online transactions in Chile from 3rd quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2020, by origin of the seller
Does not include the tourism and entertainment segments
Supplementary notes
* Number of respondents in the 3rd quarter of 2020. The source does not specify the type of study conducted.
According to the source, informal transactions refer to retail purchases that do not comply with VAT payment rules and other legal obligations. Such transactions may involve either informal entrepreneurs or formal companies that fail to provide a corresponding slip in their digital sales.
Characteristics such as "place of purchase, method of payment, method of shipment and purchase intention" were used to determine "which transactions had a high likelihood of being informal."
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CNC (Chile). (December 14, 2020). Informal e-commerce transactions as a percentage of total online transactions in Chile from 3rd quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2020, by origin of the seller [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201827/informal-ecommerce-transactions-chile-seller-origin/
CNC (Chile). "Informal e-commerce transactions as a percentage of total online transactions in Chile from 3rd quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2020, by origin of the seller." Chart. December 14, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201827/informal-ecommerce-transactions-chile-seller-origin/
CNC (Chile). (2020). Informal e-commerce transactions as a percentage of total online transactions in Chile from 3rd quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2020, by origin of the seller. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201827/informal-ecommerce-transactions-chile-seller-origin/
CNC (Chile). "Informal E-commerce Transactions as a Percentage of Total Online Transactions in Chile from 3rd Quarter 2019 to 3rd Quarter 2020, by Origin of The Seller." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201827/informal-ecommerce-transactions-chile-seller-origin/
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Informal e-commerce transactions as a percentage of total online transactions in Chile from 3rd quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2020, by origin of the seller [Graph], CNC (Chile), December 14, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201827/informal-ecommerce-transactions-chile-seller-origin/
