Croatian companies generated 14% of their revenues through electronic commerce in 2008, say figures from a survey carried out by the European Union statistical office Eurostat showed on Tuesday. This figure is 2% higher than the EU average of 12%
The survey of the use of information and communication technologies in 2008 covered the 27 EU members, Croatia and Norway. Belgium was not included.
Companies that recorded the highest shares of turnover from e-commerce came from Ireland (26%), Norway (21%), Finland and Sweden (18%), the Czech Republic and Germany (15%).
Hungarian companies generated 14 per cent of their revenues via the Internet, just like Croatian.
Companies that had the lowest shares of on-line commerce turnover came from Bulgaria and Cyprus (1%), Greece and Romania (2%), and Latvia (5%).
The survey revealed that e-commerce revenues were mainly generated on the domestic markets.
On average, EU companies generated 73 per cent of on-line revenues in their own country, 19 per cent in other EU countries and eight per cent outside the EU.
By comparison, Croatian companies generated 81 per cent of their e-commerce revenues on the domestic market, 13 per cent on the EU market and six per cent on other markets.
Hungarian, Slovakian, Maltese and Cyprian companies earned most of their e-commerce revenues on foreign markets.
