Tag: Argentina

UPU: ALACOPP joins the Consultative Committee

Posted by | Apr 3, 2008 | |

The Consultative Committee of the UPU has just welcomed a new member: the Latin American Association of Private Posts and Postal Operators (ALACOPP). This association, which is made up of private operators from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Uruguay, analyzes opportunities and challenges in the postal sector in order to increase the market for all industry players. The highly fragmented postal market in Latin America is made up of public operators and a large number of private entreprises.

According to ALACOPP’s Executive Director, Marcela MARON: “The challenge before us is for Latin America’s private operators to be successfully integrated into the work of the UPU, and for public and private operators to work together in our region to develop the postal sector as a whole, in order to improve the quality of service.”

The UPU Consultative Committee gives postal players other than public postal operators and regulators a voice in the organization’s deliberations. It consists of non-governmental organizations representing customers, delivery service providers, workers’ organizations, suppliers of goods and services to the postal sector and other organizations that have an interest in international postal services, including direct marketers, private operators, international mailers, philatelic associations and publishers.

As well as being the 25th member of the UPU Consultative Committee, ALACOPP is an observer member of the Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (PUASP).

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Latin America to dodge weak U.S. economy

Posted by | Apr 1, 2008 | |

Latin America and the Caribbean could dodge U.S. economic weakness because of the diversity of its exports and bilateral trade agreements, the regional head of package delivery giant FedEx Corp said on Tuesday.

FedEx is betting on Latin America because the region is growing at its fastest pace in three decades and because of solid economic fundamentals of regional powerhouses Mexico and Brazil.

The firm is also closely watching big commodity producers Peru, Chile and Argentina at a time when metal, oil and grain prices are at record highs.

Some analysts believe a U.S. recession would hit demand for commodities and other products from Latin America. Juan Cento, FedEx’s president for Latin America and the Caribbean, disagrees.

“A weaker U.S. economy is not paralyzing the economies of Latin America,” Cento told the Reuters Latin America Investment Summit in a telephone interview from Miami.

FedEx, which employs 3,400 workers in 50 countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, is seen as an indicator of economic health, because a fall in demand for its services is a symptom of a weak economy.

“We are noticing that the change in dynamics of markets, in which exports are being pushed to other areas, has brought a new stability and position of strength (to regional products) in the global economy,” Cento added.

Trade alliances with China, other eastern countries and Europe will help avoid a slowdown in demand for goods and commodities produced in Latin America, he said.

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Correos to double export parcel volumes in December (Spain)

Posted by | Dec 13, 2007 | |

Correos is expecting to double its export parcel volumes to 165,000 shipments during the Christmas period in December after a 65 pct increase in November.

The increase in exported parcels is mainly due to a 23 pct rise in parcels shipped by immigrants living in Spain to their homes in Latin America. The destinations with a major increase are Bolivia (+80 pct), Argentina (+38 pct) and Brazil (+30 pct).

In November, the number of import parcels sent to Spain for distribution within the country increased by 25 pct to 180,000 parcels compared to the same period last year. For December, it is assumed that more than 220,000 parcels will be distributed in Spain, coming to a major extent from the EU countries, especially France and Germany.

All types of parcel products are growing, Correos pointed out. Deferred and guaranteed delivery parcels are up by 15 pct while express shipments increased by 11.35 pct.

According to the latest figures from the Kahala Group of international postal operators, which includes Correos, more than half of the express parcels and 75 pct of postal shipments worldwide are handled by Kahala members. In Spain, there was a 45 pct increase in shipments from Asian countries in November compared to the same month last year.

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TNT opens new office in Mendoza, Argentina

Posted by | Aug 1, 2007 | |

TNT Express has continued its expansion in South America with the opening of larger premises in the Argentinean city of Mendoza last July. .

The new facility, with handling space of 250 msq, 300 msq of storage capacity and associated offices, is four times larger than the previous depot, the company said.

TNT Argentina said that the enlarged premises followed double-digit growth of 15 pct in weight transported and of 13 pct in volumes over the last six months. “We are thus consolidating in one of the most important export regions in the country,” the company stated.

“This will enable us to improve our consolidated air cargo service and to broaden the operational capacity ready for the peak season,” commented branch manager José Luis Bellino.

TNT Argentina has own offices at Buenos Aires international airport and downtown Buenos Aires as well as in the cities of Córdoba, Rosario, Mar del Plata, Mendoza and a recently opened branch in Salta.

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