Postal traffic of services operated in competition was 67 million objects during the first quarter of this year, indicate data compiled by the Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM)1.
The traffic of 67 million objects in this first quarter of 2004 corresponds to a 6% decline from the previous quarter, when the volume of routed objects stood at about 72 million.
During the same period, the CTT's market shares of national postal traffic settled at 93.1%, versus 93.8% in the last quarter of 2003. There was also a slight drop in outgoing international traffic (93% versus 93.2% in the previous quarter) and in incoming international traffic (85.2% versus 87.3%, respectively).
By service, the remaining postal operators accounted for 63.2% of express mail services traffic, a higher share than the 58% registered in the last quarter of 2003.
For services not covered by the express mail category the situation is the reverse: the CTT holds the biggest market share - 96.6% - just below the 96.9% registered in the previous quarter.
| 1st Quarter 2003 (before 1st liberalisation stage) |
4th Quarter 2003 |
2003 | Other | 1st Quarter 2004 |
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| CTT | Other | CTT | Other | CTT | CTT | Other | ||
| Express Mail Services Traffic |
53,4% | 46,6% | 42,0% | 58,0% | 44,3% | 55,7% | 36,8% | 63,2% |
| Traffic in Services not covered by the Express Mail category |
94,6% | 5,4% | 96,9% | 3,1% | 95,9% | 4,1% | 96,6% | 3,4% |
| 1st Quarter 2003 (before 1st liberalisation stage) |
4th Quarter 2003 |
2003 | 1st Quarter 2004 |
|
| Postal Traffic | 38.420 | 72.391 | 212.435 | 67.400 |
| Express Mail Services |
3.406 | 4.706 | 16.363 | 4.505 |
| Services not covered by the Express Mail category |
35.015 | 67.685 | 196.072 | 62.895 |
Unit: thousands of objects
1 A comparative analysis over the previous quarter (the last one in 2003) was favoured, given that with the start of a new liberalisation stage (Decree-Law no. 116/2003 of 12 June) the year-on-year variations do not reflect real market evolution but rather the increased volume of liberalised postal traffic.
Consult:
- Postal services https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?categoryId=277884
