GLS Austria records strong growth in export volumes
GLS Austria has recorded 15% growth in overall export volumes due to growing demand for deliveries to Eastern Europe.
GLS Austria has recorded 15% growth in overall export volumes due to growing demand for deliveries to Eastern Europe.
The parcel company said its export volumes to Eastern Europe rose by 29% in 2008 compared to the previous year. It did not release any total figures for volumes or revenues.
Managing Director GLS Europe South, Klaus Schädle, said: “Eastern Europe has great potential for the future and we expect the market to grow faster than the western European market. Our export volumes to this region will rise accordingly stronger than import volumes.”
GLS Austria said that about one fifth of all export parcels are destined for the Czech Republic, Hungary or Romania. The amount of parcels exported to Romania has doubled compared to the previous year. Since the establishment of GLS Romania in August 2007, the country has been fully integrated in the GLS network with 16 depots.
With its European express service “Euro Business-Parcel”, GLS offers 48-hour delivery to the main capitals of the EU and neighbouring countries, and 72-hour delivery to the big urban areas. Deliveries to certain countries requiring special customs formalities take up to 120 hours.
