Japanese Yamato Transport to lower mail charges
Yamato Transport Co. on Tuesday announced plans to effectively lower its mail charges on Oct. 1 to fairly compete with Japan Post.
The highest charge on deliveries of catalogues and other corporate documents will be cut to 240 yen from 310 yen.
A charge for a 2-centimeter-or-thinner, A4-sized booklet will be set at 160 yen or less to counter the 180 yen price set by Japan Post for a booklet weighing up to 150 grams.
For a 1-centimer-or-thinner, A4-sized booklet, the most popular for booklet delivery services, the charge will be 80 yen.
Yamato’s mail services in fiscal 2005 to March 31, 2006, covered about 1.7 billion booklets, up 21 percent from the previous year.
The number was close to the about 1.8 billion booklets that Japan Post delivered.
Yamato said it hopes to increase the annual number to 2.5 billion booklets in five years.
Last month, Yamato founded a joint venture with Deutsche Post AG to plan and propose effective direct mail delivery services.
