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The world's largest online retail company, Amazon, has launched its first website in IndiaThe Amazon website in India offers seven million books 12,000 movies and television programs. It will soon add more products as cameras and mobile phonesThe American company will not sell its products in India. Indian law does not permit companies that sell from more than one manufacturer to sell directly to people on Internet. Instead the Amazon website serves as a marketplace for local . Last year, Amazon launched a site in India which let users prices online, but not purchase productsShabori Das is with the market company Euromonitor. She says Amazon is entering a market where online is still new, but is expected to grow quickly. She says is expected to be among the 20 fastest growing Internet retailing in the world. Online businesses are interested in India's huge, young . But only about 12 percent of Indians have a connection to Internet. That is far fewer than in countries like China. Still, are 150 million Internet users in India, making its market the largest in the world. And it is expected to grow quickly more people get connected. At this time, the path to big may not be easy for online retail businesses. Online retail is valued at $10 billion, but a large amount of that is air travel. Now, competition to provide retail goods should increase with entry of Amazon into the market. For VOA Learning English, I'm Bowman.

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