72 per capita per year, the Japanese won the "Express Parcel World Championship"
[Global Times Special Correspondent in Germany, Aoki] "The number of global express parcels has set a new record-100 billion!" According to a report by German "Focus" weekly on the 14th, the American express technology company Pitney Bowes announced the annual report on the 13th. The Global Express Parcel Index shows that in 2019, the Japanese received an average of 72 parcels a year to become the "parcel world champion", while China is the country with the largest number of parcels received.
The objects evaluated by the Express Parcel Index include 13 markets including China, the United States, Japan, Germany and India, covering 3.8 billion people worldwide.
Data show that in 2019, the number of packages in these countries has increased from 87 billion in 2018 to 103 billion.
This is the first time that the number of global packages has exceeded the 100 billion mark.
This means that last year, an average of 27 packages were sent per person in the world, an average of 3248 packages per second.
The biggest driver of this growth is China: 3/5 of the 13 markets surveyed were sent to China.
According to data released by the State Post Bureau at the beginning of the year, China's express delivery service companies completed a total of 63.52 billion in 2019.
If calculated on a per capita basis, then the "package world champion" is the Japanese, and each person receives 72 packages per year.
The average number of packages received per capita in Germany is equal to that of China and the United States, both being 44.
In contrast, the average number of packages received by Britons is more: 57 per year.
Experts say that there is a "package culture" in Japanese history.
In modern society, Japan's developed e-commerce network, fiercely competitive express delivery industry, and standardized service and compensation mechanisms have made Japan the number of packages per capita in the world.
Now, Japanese can receive expedited packages within an hour or two.
Affected by the new crown epidemic, the express delivery market is growing at an alarming rate.
Many brick-and-mortar stores are closed for several weeks. Even after opening, customers have to wear masks and keep a safe distance when entering the store, so they prefer to shop online.
With the advent of promotional seasons such as "Black Friday", the express package industry will usher in the highest growth period.
Deutsche Post recently stated that the company's logistics business hit a new high in September and sales increased substantially.
Deutsche Post President Appel said, "We are ready to deal with the blowout growth in business volume during the Christmas period."
Pitney Bowes predicts that in the next six years, the number of global packages may more than double.
In other words, by 2026, this number is expected to reach 220 billion to 262 billion, more likely to reach 316 billion under extreme conditions.