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Guangzhou VAT "No Invoice, No Tax" Pilot for Cross-border Sellers

Recently, AliExpress has partnered with the Guangzhou tax department to advance the pilot program of "no invoice exemption" for value-added tax on 9610 export goods under cross-border e-commerce. Now, we are seeking 100 initial pilot participants from platform merchants. This pilot aims to facilitate tax compliance for cross-border sellers. Participants must complete four steps: register with the Guangzhou single window, log in to the user management system to complete record information registration, complete enterprise customs filing, and fill out an information collection questionnaire. Upon successful completion of the pilot, this policy is expected to be extended to other cross-border e-commerce platforms such as Amazon and Wal Mart, bringing significant convenience to the industry

TEMU and AliExpress enter the global top three

Recently, the "2025 Global Top E-commerce Website Rankings by Traffic" released by Visual Capitalist, a renowned data visualization agency in the United States, unveiled the current competitive landscape of the global cross-border e-commerce market. In this highly anticipated ranking, Amazon's US site firmly occupies the top spot with 2.7 billion monthly visits. When combined with regional sites and calculating the total traffic of the top 20 e-commerce websites, Amazon's overall share reaches approximately 43%, with nearly 5 billion visits per month
Chinese e-commerce platforms are also emerging as a force to be reckoned with, with Temu and AliExpress, among the four rising stars in the global market, jointly entering the TOP3. Among them, Temu ranks second with 1.6 billion monthly visits, followed closely by AliExpress with 646 million monthly visits. The combined monthly visits of the two platforms amount to nearly 2.3 billion, accounting for about 80% of Amazon's single-site visits

SHEIN ranks second in terms of traffic in this country

According to Semrush data, Shein has jumped to second place in the traffic ranking of Australian clothing and fashion websites, with a total of 9.38 million visits in October, just behind Myer's 11.51 million visits. The Iconic and David Jones ranked third and fourth with 8.99 million and 6.58 million visits respectively. Year-on-year data shows that David Jones' traffic increased by 82.48%, The Iconic by 58.65%, Shein by 56.85%, and Myer by 31.39%. After the United States canceled its tax exemption policy for low-priced parcels, Shein shifted more resources to the Australian market
Lazada's GMV across all platforms has increased by 26 times

Recently, Southeast Asian e-commerce platform Lazada released its report on the 11.11 shopping festival: four hours before the start of sales, the GMV across Lazada's entire platform increased by 26 times compared to a regular day, and sales increased by 32.7% compared to the 9.9 shopping festival. Among them, electronic products, sportswear, and home decor and outdoor products were the most popular categories during this 11.11 shopping festival. Lazada's brand mall, LazMall, also achieved a 10-11 times increase in sales on the first day compared to a regular day in multiple Southeast Asian markets; compared to the 9.9 shopping festival, LazMall's overall average order value increased by 141%.

AI to B Cross-border Platform Matchmaking Event Held

Recently, the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Commerce, in collaboration with 1688, held the "AI to B Cross-border Platform Matchmaking Event", gathering over a thousand high-quality source manufacturers from the core industrial belt and manufacturing industry of the Greater Bay Area. With policy guidance and comprehensive support from the platform, participating enterprises signed up to join the 1688 cross-border platform on the spot. At the matchmaking event, 1688 announced that its first cross-border e-commerce AI agent, "Ao Xia", will be officially launched on November 21st, providing intelligent supply chain services for cross-border entrepreneurs. At the event, 1688 also released the first-month operational results of the "TrustPass AI version", showing that merchants who have activated this service have outperformed ordinary members: GMV increased by 73%, inquiry volume increased by 15%, buyer count increased by 20%, and the repurchase rate increased by 31%

Russia plans to abolish tax exemption for small parcels in 2027

Russia may impose a value-added tax (VAT) on cross-border small parcels starting from 2027, gradually phasing out the current tax exemption policy for small parcels with a value of less than 200 euros and a weight of less than 31 kilograms. The Russian Ministry of Finance plans to raise the tax rate in stages. The tax rate will be 5% in 2027, rise to 10% in 2028, and increase by 5% annually until reaching 20% in 2030. Even currently tax-exempt goods will be subject to VAT withholding