Ecommerce web growth continues to speed up on an international basis as more people gain confidence to transact on the online world, conventional company shifts its service provision to ecommerce platform analysis platforms and web access levels in both underdeveloped and developed countries will continue to increase. The following information provides a breakdown of the contribution to economic ecommerce development. The claimed statistics are from the US Census Bureau E Stats publication and also outline the sector composition as well as growth rates over the 2000 to year 2005 period.
In the May 2007 edition of the US Census Bureau E Stats publication, it's been found that business to business transactions by companies and merchant wholesalers accounted for the majority of ecommerce (ninety two per cent). Trade information suggests that during the period 2000 2005 ecommerce growth for manufacturing continues to outperform merchant wholesale industry followed by retail trade and selected services. As a percentage of total sales, e-commerce sales of merchant wholesalers grew more slowly than total sales.

Ecommerce Growth Rates And Trends:
From 2000 to 2005 manufacturing e-shipments increased at an average yearly growth rate of 11.4 percent compare to 2.5 percent for total shipments during the corresponding time.
During 2000 to 2005, e-shipments as a share of total shipments were biggest in the transportation equipment group, beverage & tobacco sectors.

The growth of ecommerce sector contributions in worth terms: Manufacturing: Transportation and Equipment - 29 per cent

Chemicals - 13%

Petroleum as well as Coal Products - 8%