Online sales in Hungary came to Ft 20 billion in 2005, compared to Ft 5 billion just four years earlier, Lemák said. There are 1,000 online stores in Hungary, but just 50 record significant turnover.
Lemák said that just 280,000 Hungarians, or about 3% of the population, have ever shopped online. In the EU, about 40% of people shop online on average. He attributed the big difference to a lack of infrastructure on the customer side as well as a lack of know-how.
The conference, organized by the Alliance for Electronic Trade, dealt with issues of security and trust in e-commerce, as well as electronic administration, online auctions and online accounting services.
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