The slight decrease in 2012 was due to a 0.7% decline in postal traffic to 523.3 million dispatched items.
“The top ten postal services operators by turnover or revenues reached a cumulated value of RON1.40 billion in 2012,” according to the regulator.
In 2011, the local postal services market rose 5.2% to RON1.53 billion, backed by a 28% increase in the number of dispatched items.
The regulator announced Tuesday that the local postal services market has stabilized and the overall postal traffic reached 523.3 million dispatched items at the end of 2012, down 0.7% from 2011.
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 Tuesday.