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A survey released recently by the International Post Corporation (IPC) indicated that purchases made through Amazon, eBay and Alibaba occupy two-thirds of global cross-border e-commerce, Beijing Business Today reports.

The survey found that China is the most popular market for online consumers around the world to shop from, accounting for 26 percent of most recent cross-border purchases, followed by the U.S. (16 percent), Germany (15 percent) and the UK (15 percent).

Further, Chinese consumers enjoy the largest number of free deliveries anywhere in the world, accounting for 78 percent of the total, according to the survey.

Maybe this is why the survey also showed that Chinese people are more likely to shop online, with 36 percent buying something online at least once a week.

The top four product categories purchased through cross-border e-commerce are shoes, hats and clothes; consumer electronics; books, music and media; and health and beauty. Most of the commodities are relatively light and inexpensive.

IPC is a cooperative association of 24 national postal services from major countries in Europe, Asia Pacific and North America and the second edition of its cross-border e-commerce shopper survey covered 24,000 respondents in 26 markets across North America, Asia Pacific and Europe.