Orders for masks bound for Europe soar on Alibaba's AliExpress

Source: Xinhua | 2020-03-18

AliExpress, an international online shopping platform under Alibaba, saw a jump of orders for masks from European countries hard hit by COVID-19, including Italy, Spain and France, in the first half of March.

The data released by AliExpress on Tuesday showed that orders for masks exported to Italy surged almost 40 fold from March 1 to 15, with the number of unique visitors and gross merchandise volume reporting an over 12-fold and nearly 100-fold increase, respectively.

The orders from Spain and France also increased almost eightfold and more than threefold, respectively, according to the data.