Amazon delivered 2 billion items in 2016

Amazon announced the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) service delivered more than 2 billion items for Marketplace sellers worldwide in 2016.

FBA items shipped worldwide grew more than 50 percent during the holiday season, while Prime members ordered millions of items from sellers in the Seller Fulfilled Prime program offering free two-day or next-day shipping.

• FBA delivered more than 2 billion items worldwide.

• Active sellers worldwide using the FBA service grew more than 70 percent.

• Outside the U.S., FBA units shipped grew more than 80 percent. Using the FBA service, Amazon sellers from more than 130 different countries around the world fulfilled orders to customers in 185 countries.