According to the price comparison Twenga, which has increased the prices of more than 21,000 products, French merchants offer their products at prices higher than their German neighbors or British. It is the United Kingdom that is proving to be the cheapest of the three. The average gap recorded by Twenga is 100 euros for products such as digital cameras and LCDS. This sometimes amounted to 400 euros difference for plasma screens.That price difference can s’expliqué by a higher competitive intensity in the UK than in France but also by a sales volume more important.Comparator has, indeed, identified 80,000 online merchants overseas round, against only 39,000 identified in France by Fevad. Note also that there VAT is 17.5%, against 19.6% in France.