During the second quarter of 2009, traffic from postal services operated in competition totalled about 61.8 million objects, representing 22 per cent of total postal traffic. However traffic declined by 9.7 per cent over the same quarter of 2008, in line with the general downward trend in traffic which has been evident since the beginning of 2006, with a total decline of around 19 per cent.
In the quarter being reported, national traffic, which made up 93 per cent of total postal traffic, fell to around 57.1 million objects. This decline in traffic was principally driven by trends in addressed publicity and addressed correspondence of the CTT group. In year-on-year terms, the decline was additionally driven by the fall in editorial mail, also of CTT group.
Meanwhile, growth in periodical publications and postal parcels of certain alternative providers drove an increase in outgoing international traffic, which rose to 4.6 million objects.
In the liberalised area, Grupo CTT was responsible for around 90 per cent of national traffic and for around 82 per cent of outgoing international traffic, with alternative providers increasing their share in both segments.
In this period, 5.8 million of the total 61.8 million liberalised postal objects fell within the express mail category, representing around 9% of total liberalised traffic, with around 56 million being encompassed by the remaining service categories.
The traffic of services covered by the express mail category grew by 0.5 per cent during the quarter being reported and by 16% in comparison to the same quarter of 2008, driven above all by the trend in national parcel. Non-express mail traffic fell significantly, due in great part to trends seen in correspondence, addressed publicity and editorial mail handled by CTT group in the national segment.
The postal items per capita index, fell again in the second quarter, to stand at 5.8 postal objects distributed per inhabitant during the quarter, of which 5.4 objects were encompassed by national postal services.
Consult:
- Postal Services Operated in Competition - 2nd quarter 2009 https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=981649
