Does cross-border e-commerce count as foreign trade? What's the difference with foreign trade?

Foreign trade, also known as "foreign trade" or "import and export trade" or "foreign trade" for short, refers to the exchange of goods, services and technologies between one country (region) and another. This trade includes two parts: import and export. For countries (regions) that import goods or services, it is import; For countries (regions) that transport goods or services, it is export. This began to appear and develop in slave society and feudal society, and it developed more rapidly in capitalist society. Its nature and function are determined by different social systems.

Foreign trade includes cross-border electronic commerce, traditional sales channels, offline exhibitions, or an international transaction in which representative offices of foreign companies buy products from China and then export them abroad. Cross-border e-commerce is another sales channel for foreign trade.

Cross-border e-commerce processes goods through foreign e-commerce platforms. Well-known platforms include Amazon, EBAY, WISH and Alibaba International Station. Cross-border e-commerce directly deals with customers on the platform, and the transaction is guaranteed by the platform.

At present, foreign trade majors in some universities are divided into two majors, one is traditional international trade major, and the other is cross-border electronic commerce major. What's the difference between them? Please listen to the 20-year-old foreign trade cow to answer your question.

Cross-border e-commerce is of course foreign trade.

In principle, as long as China's goods are sold abroad, they are all foreign trade, whether you are a traditional exporter or a cross-border e-commerce.

The difference between cross-border e-commerce and traditional foreign trade is that cross-border e-commerce is conducted through e-commerce, generally through B2C network platforms, such as AliExpress of Alibaba, Dunhuang Network, ebay and Amazon of the United States. The seller of the transaction is a domestic company or individual, the buyer is a foreign individual user, or a foreign company or individual, and the buyer is a domestic individual user. The goods traded are retail in nature, and can be sold piece by piece or even piece by piece. They are delivered by international express. Domestic sellers often use EMS packages, SF Express, DHL, etc. Payment is generally made by PayPal or Western Union. Transactions must be online, and all transaction information is recorded, which is equivalent to Taobao and Tmall in China.

Traditional foreign trade deals in bulk commodities. Sellers and buyers are generally companies. The goods are transported by container air or railway wagons. The transaction process is basically online and offline. Of course, Afghanistan can also be completed online through Alibaba's Yitong. Traditional foreign trade is called B2B, business to business.

In addition, cross-border e-commerce is developing rapidly now. The seller can rent a foreign warehouse, prepare the goods to the warehouse in advance, and deliver the goods immediately after the customer places an order, which shortens the transaction time.

I'm brother Zuo, a foreign trade student, and I've worked for ten years. First of all, cross-border e-commerce belongs to foreign trade, generally B2C, and traditional foreign trade is generally B2B.

Hello, I'm foreign trade feather shame, coordinate Shenzhen, engaged in foreign trade sales 12 years. Cross-border e-commerce is a form of foreign trade.

Everyone's impression of foreign trade refers to the form of BTB.

There are several differences between these two kinds of foreign trade.

First, the corresponding customer groups are different. Cross-border e-commerce is what we usually call Amazon, WISH, AliExpress, Dunhuang Network, Ali Retail and so on.

These corresponding customer groups are consumers or small wholesalers.

BTB foreign trade usually refers to traditional foreign trade, mainly referring to foreign enterprises corresponding to domestic producers.

The customers of traditional foreign trade are all foreign companies.

Second, the sales channels are different. Cross-border electronic commerce, mainly through third-party platforms such as Amazon and AliExpress, is sold online.

In other words, foreign consumers buy products online and domestic products are shipped abroad.

BTB's traditional foreign trade is offline.

For example, we get to know our customers through the exhibition, and after the negotiation, the customers will pay offline, that is, the customers will directly put the money into our account, and we will deliver the goods according to the customers' requirements.

Third, the transaction amount is different. Cross-border e-commerce is retail and small wholesale, and the order volume is very small, usually tens or hundreds of dollars.

The products are numerous and chaotic.

Traditional trade is mostly OEM procurement by foreign enterprises.

The amount is relatively large.

For example, our company is engaged in consumer electronic products. The minimum amount of each order is about RMB 654.38+10,000, and the amount of large orders can be as high as1100,000.

In short, cross-border e-commerce and traditional foreign trade have their own advantages and disadvantages. Choose according to your own situation, as long as you are solid, you can make money. I have been engaged in traditional foreign trade, and it can be said that 90% of foreign traders have made money. The answer is yes, they all belong to foreign trade.

Foreign trade is mainly divided into two categories, B2B is 1 and b2c is cross-border e-commerce.

B2b (business-to-business) has many platforms, such as Alibaba, Made in China, global sources and so on, and it is not limited to platforms. There are also exhibitions, Google and social media advertising promotion, website search engine optimization and so on. These are some channels to get customers. After receiving the customer's inquiry, follow up the demand, determine the product, price, delivery date, etc., and send it to the customer when the goods are ready. Mostly by sea. B2c is mostly air freight and express delivery. Amazon will consider shipping if it does more fba goods.

Cross-border e-commerce b2c (business to customer): Amazon, AliExpress, ebay, shopee, etc. All belong to b2c, uploading products on the platform, setting up logistics, etc. , and deliver it to the customer after placing the order. Amazon has overseas warehouses, or fba, which can be sent to the local area. After the customer places an order, it can be delivered directly in the local area, just like JD.COM. COM self-management, which is very fast.

Hello, I'm glad to answer your question. Cross-border e-commerce belongs to foreign trade, and judging whether it is foreign trade is mainly two dimensions. One is that the goods have not gone abroad, and the other is whether the payment has come in from abroad. Obviously, this highlight of cross-border e-commerce is the same. However, cross-border e-commerce is different from traditional foreign trade: there are great differences in cost, platform, audience, difficulty, operational efficiency and profit.

Cost: r

Traditional foreign trade is mainly based on large quantities of goods, and then through multi-level distribution by overseas circulation enterprises, it finally reaches the hands of enterprises or consumers in need. Cross-border e-commerce directly faces end consumers, reducing the cost of enterprises going abroad. r

The initial payment for cross-border e-commerce is at the level of 1,000 yuan, while the minimum of traditional foreign trade is at the level of 10,000 yuan.

Working link r

There are many import and export links, from the local government to handle import and export licenses, goods to customs declaration, a series of cumbersome operations. Cross-border e-commerce can be delivered directly to consumers by direct mail, just like domestic e-commerce operations, simplifying the operation process.

Time r

Many import and export links naturally lead to a long overall project time, basically calculated in months, while cross-border e-commerce has the slowest logistics from receiving orders to delivering them to consumers, about two weeks.

R platform

Traditional foreign trade uses wholesale platforms, and some effective methods such as e-mail marketing, multilingual website marketing, exhibition marketing and so on. Cross-border e-commerce is relatively simple. Cross-border e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, Yi Bei, and wish provide very large traffic. As long as the management method is proper, victory is not far away!

Audience r

The target customers of traditional foreign trade are mainly overseas distributors, mostly enterprise users, while cross-border e-commerce is basically small overseas sellers and individual users.

Profit r

Finally, everyone is very concerned about profits. Traditional foreign trade has high entry threshold, low unit price and large quantity, and the final profit is very considerable. Suitable for team operation with resources. However, cross-border e-commerce has low entry threshold, high unit price and small quantity, and the final profit needs to last until a certain amount to have a large profit income, which is very suitable for individual sellers. Here is an example of cross-border e-commerce in the United States. Domestic 5 yuan RMB goods can be sold to 10-20 USD in the United States through cross-border e-commerce platforms. Excluding logistics and other costs, there will be a profit of $5-65,438+00, which is very impressive.

Cross-border e-commerce is a mainstream way for foreign trade to acquire customers. At present, due to the development of the Internet, cross-border e-commerce has exploded after the financial crisis in 2008, including B2B and b2c. The former's customers are foreign brands or physical stores, distributors and other bulk shopping, and the mainstream platforms include Alibaba International Station, global sources and China Manufacturing. The development period is from 2008 to 13 years. Due to the continuous development of Internet and logistics, cross-border e-commerce b2c c2c has developed rapidly in recent years. The main platforms are Yi Bei Amazon Express Shrimp Skin, Lezanda, Lotte and so on. There is also the explosive growth of wish in mobile terminals. It brings consumers a better and cheaper shopping experience. The second largest source of foreign trade customers is exhibitions, such as Canton Fair, Hong Kong Trade Development Council, ces in the United States, and Electronics Show in Germany. Participating in the exhibition can get better and larger customer resources, but the cost is huge, with hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of exhibition expenses. The third way of foreign trade is to contact through domestic agents or offices, which is becoming less and less now.

Cross-border e-commerce is also foreign trade, but it is a new way of foreign trade.

Cross-border electronic commerce refers to the transactions between the two countries through the Internet platform.

Cross-border electronic commerce is a new e-commerce model and the development trend of foreign trade in the future.

This article can answer your question better.

Future development trend of cross-border electronic commerce

Cross-border e-commerce and foreign trade are different.

The essential difference between cross-border e-commerce and foreign trade e-commerce;

1, with different subjects.

In the era of foreign trade e-commerce, export companies only use e-commerce to promote their products and look for information on foreign purchases from the Internet, so the main body is information flow; In the era of cross-border e-commerce, people try to use the network to sell products directly to overseas consumers, so the main body is product flow.

2. Links are different

In the era of foreign trade e-commerce, the import and export links have not been shortened or changed, while cross-border e-commerce requires reducing or shortening all links as much as possible and minimizing the central cost.

3. Business is different.

In the era of foreign trade e-commerce, sales are all done offline, while cross-border e-commerce mostly ends directly online.

4. The tax is different.

Foreign trade e-commerce reflects the traditional usual transactions, involving messy customs duties, value-added tax and consumption tax, while the taxes faced by cross-border e-commerce are usually much simpler, for example, many only touch the postal tax.

5. Different forms

The fundamental form of foreign trade e-commerce is B2B, while the mainstream form of cross-border e-commerce is B2C. Export to cross-border e-commerce.

Extended data:

1. cross-border electronic commerce

It is developed on the basis of network. Cyberspace is a new space relative to physical space. It is a virtual but objective world composed of websites and passwords. The unique value standards and behavior patterns in cyberspace have a profound influence on cross-border electronic commerce, which distinguishes it from the traditional trading methods and presents its own characteristics.

China and cross-border electronic commerce are mainly divided into business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) trade modes. Under the B2B mode, enterprises mainly use advertisements and information release, and the transaction and customs clearance processes are basically completed offline, which is still traditional trade in essence and has been included in the general trade statistics of customs.

Under the B2C model, China enterprises directly face foreign consumers, mainly selling personal consumer goods, and the logistics mainly adopts air parcels, mail and express delivery. The main body of customs declaration is postal or courier companies, and most of them are not included in customs registration at present.

2. Foreign trade

Also known as "foreign trade" or "import and export trade", referred to as "foreign trade", refers to the exchange of goods, services and technologies between one country (region) and another. This trade includes two parts: import and export. For countries (regions) that import goods or services, it is import; For countries (regions) that transport goods or services, it is export. This began to appear and develop in slave society and feudal society, and it developed more rapidly in capitalist society. Its nature and function are determined by different social systems.

Foreign trade not only connects countries with highly developed commodity production, but also enables countries and regions with low production development level to join the exchange field through foreign trade, so that currency, as a universal equivalent, penetrates into their economic life, making the labor products of these countries and nations more and more commodity and exchange value, and the law of value gradually dominates their production.

With the development of commodity circulation in various countries, the functions of gold and silver as world currencies are increasingly enhanced. Gold and silver are not only used as general means of currency purchase, but also as means of international payment, international settlement and international credit. As gold and silver become the world currency, it is possible to form the world price of commodities.

The formation of world price indicates that the role of law of value extends to the world market, which lays a foundation for the comparison of commodity production and exchange conditions among countries and promotes the development of world production and trade. Through foreign trade, participating in international division of labor and saving social labor, we can not only make full use of the resources of various countries, but also ensure the smooth progress of social reproduction and accelerate the realization of social expansion and reproduction.