ANCOM head Catalin Marinescu said that parcels and express services followed an upward trend in the last years, supported by online sales growth, while mail services continued to decrease.
“Parcels and express services represent over 50% of the total postal revenue,” Marinescu added.
Marinescu said that postal services market reached a total RON1.52 billion in Romania in 2012, similar with RON1.53 billion in 2011 (when the market rose 5.2%).
According to ANCOM data, the overall postal traffic reached 523.3 million dispatched items at the end of 2012, down 0.7% on the year.
State-run postal company Posta Romana continued in 2012 to process the bulk of dispatched items, namely 74.28%, compared with 79.41% in 2011. Nevertheless, its overall traffic decreased by 7.1% compared with 2011.
Private postal services providers processed 23.98% more dispatched items on the year in 2012.