Amazon’s India unit sees 56 percent rise in export merchants

Bengaluru: Amazon.com Inc’s India unit saw a 56 per cent rise in the number of local merchants selling to international markets, hitting export sales of over USD 1 billion, the company said on Tuesday.

Indian merchants were exporting more than 140 million products on Amazon’s app and website, with cumulative sales expected to top $5 billion in the next four years, country head Amit Agarwal told reporters in Bengaluru.