"Technology research group Forrester estimates that online retail sales will hit $28 billion this year, up 17.5 per cent from last year, with one quarter of those sales - worth an estimated $7 billion - going overseas.
But those figures are tricky to pin down. The Australian Bureau of Statistics, which counts online sales for more so-called bricks-and-mortar shops, has no precise measure of online purchases made by consumers directly to international retailers.
Australia Post's importation rules require declarations on goods only if they're worth more than $1000, freeing up consumers to shop directly online with outlets overseas - a trend that's likely to accelerate with the strengthening dollar."
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