Going global: Amazon India’s 50,000 sellers rake it in, export products worth $1 billion

Amazon India’s global selling programme launched in 2015 has churned more than $1 billion in sales by 50,000 of its sellers exporting more than 140 million products in 2018 from India. The number of sellers selling to international markets also increased by 56 per cent last year, Amazon said in its second annual ‘Export Digest’ on Tuesday.

Amazon said that it expects the cumulative sales to grow from $1 billion to $5 billion by 2023, PTI reported citing Amazon India’s head Amit Agarwal.

Also, over 80 per cent of Amazon India’s existing exporters from small towns and cities, said Gopal Pillai, Vice President of seller services.