During the second quarter of 2007, traffic from postal services operated in competition totalled about 71 million items, corresponding to 24 per cent of all postal traffic (reserved services and liberalized services). Traffic of liberalized postal services fell by 8.5 per cent over the previous quarter and 7.9 per cent compared to the same quarter of 2006.
During this quarter, the volume of national postal traffic totalled around 65 million objects, while outgoing international traffic came in at just under 6 million objects. National traffic makes up 92 per cent of total postal traffic operated in competition, with outgoing international traffic representing 8 per cent. National traffic declined by 9 percent over the quarter, while international traffic fell by 5 per cent. The drop seen in national postal traffic was influenced in the great part by reductions in Grupo CTT companies in editorial mail not encompassed by the express category. Within the liberalized area, Grupo CTT was responsible for about 95 per cent of national traffic and for about 87 per cent of outgoing international traffic.
In this period, about 5 million of the total 71 million liberalized postal objects fell within the express mail category, with more than 66 million being encompassed by the remaining service categories. Express mail therefore accounted for 7 per cent of the total traffic operated in competition, with the remaining categories making up 93 per cent.
An increase in the national traffic of packages on the part of the companies of Grupo CTT was the main contributor to the growth seen this quarter in express mail services. In the case of non-express mail services, the main factor behind the quarterly variation in traffic was the distribution of addressed publicity (national) by the companies of Grupo CTT.
Compared to the same period of 2006, express mail traffic saw an increase of around 4 per cent, while non-express mail traffic saw a fall of 8.7 per cent.
Regarding the offer structure, it can be seen that at the end of the 2nd quarter the companies of Grupo CTT held a 47.1 per cent share of express mail traffic (up 3 per cent on the previous quarter) and a 97.6 per cent share of non-express mail traffic.
As at the end of 2nd quarter of the year, there were 16,918 people working in liberalised postal services, 193 more than in the previous quarter. The change seen this quarter is directly due to the companies of Grupo CTT, which normally take on large numbers of temporary employees during the second and third quarters, the holiday period of their permanent workers.
Consult:
- Postal Services Operated in Competition - 4th quarter 2007 https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=562810
