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internet market for used electronic

items in China

The Internet market for used electronic items in China

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

H EILONGJIANG

MONGOLIA

J ILIN

Waste legal import, 2013 Very high High Medium Low or absent

L IAONING

I NNER M ONGOLIA

NORTH KOREA

B EIJING

T IANJIN

S HANXI

SOUTH KOREA

H EBEI

N INGXIA

S HANDONG

G ANSU

Number of vendors of selected electronic items on Alibaba in China provinces

S HAANXI

H ENAN

H ENAN

J IANGSU

Computers Mobile phones Printers Monitors Air conditioners Washing machines Batteries Non speci ed items = 10 vendors

S HANGHAI

H UBEI

A NHUI

S ICHUAN

C HONGQING

Z HEJIANG

J IANGXI

H UNAN

G UIZHOU

F UJIAN

Y UNNAN

G UANGXI

TAIWAN

G UANGDONG

LAOS

C ARTOGRAPHY BY R ICCARDO P RAVETTONI ©GRID-A RENDAL 2015

H AINAN

Sources: Alibaba.com, based on a study by Philippe Rivière, François Sermier and Ieva Rucevska, GRID-Arendal 2015

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