In 2011, postal traffic rose 27.81% on the year to 527.3 million dispatched items, whereas in 2010 and 2009, it decreased by 10.44% and 33.01%, respectively.
Although state-run postal company Posta Romana continued in 2012 to process the bulk of dispatched items (74.28% from 79.41% in 2011 – e.n.), its overall traffic decreased by 7.17 percentage points compared to 2011. Private postal services providers processed 23.98% more dispatched items on the year in 2012, the regulator also said.
Of a total 493.44 million dispatched items, Posta Romana processed 6.85% fewer items to 367.22 million on the year in 2012, and private postal operators processed 126.22 million dispatched items, up 23.54% from 2011.
International postal traffic fell 3.42% on the year to 29.85 million items in 2012. Posta Romana processed 71.9% of items and its market share on this segment decreased by 12.42% in 2012. Private postal operators reached 8.39 million dispatched items on this segment, up 30.98% from 2011, according to the regulator.
Postal traffic on the Express services segment amounted to 9.48 million, down 30.97% from 2011. Posta Romana and private postal operators reached similar market shares on this segment.