Correos Annual Report 2006
Correos Annual Report 2006
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Austrian Post retains A&M-Weltbild
Austrian Post said it has renewed a delivery contract with mail-order company A&M-Weltbild securing two million parcels and 27 million mailshots per year. The deal follows a similar contract with larger mail-order firm La Redoute and the loss of two key customers, Otto and Quelle.
Austrian Post general director Anton Wais said that the contract meant a long-running partnership could be continued, and he was pleased that Austria’s largest mail-order firm for books and entertainment was continuing to rely on the postal operator.
A&M-Weltbild, with a product portfolio of more than 2.5 million products, delivers a regular catalogue to 450,000 households 14 times a year.
Read MoreGermany plans to limit D.Post tax privileges-paper
Germany’s Economy Ministry plans to curtail the tax privileges of Deutsche Post DPWGn.DE so that only postage stamps will be exempt from value added tax (VAT), a German newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Competitors of Germany’s biggest mail delivery company have complained that Deutsche Post has an unfair advantage over them because it is the only firm which has enjoyed sweeping VAT exemption privileges.
According to internal Economy Ministry documents obtained by Financial Times Deutschland newspaper, the ministry plans to help level the playing field by limiting Deutsche Post’s VAT exemption to postage stamps.
This means that mass mailings without postage stamps and other postal services will no longer be exempt from VAT.
Deutsche Post loses its domestic mail monopoly next year.
However, German government plans for a minimum wage in the postal sector have made rivals rethink their challenges to Deutsche Post when its monopoly ends.
One of Deutsche Post’s main rivals, mail delivery company PIN Group, said last week it will have to cut more than 1,000 of its 9,000 jobs in Germany due to Berlin’s plans to put a floor under wages in the sector.
Read MoreFedEx Opens First Station in Kameyama City, Mie Prefecture
FedEx Express opened its first station, Kameyama Station, in Kameyama City, Mie prefecture. This is FedEx’s 24th station in Japan.
The station has been opened to meet anticipated demand for international express services for industries such as liquid crystal business and automotive business in the Kameyama City area. The opening of the Kameyama Station enables FedEx to offer its own pickup and delivery services in Kameyama City and Matsuzaka City.
With same-day customs clearance, FedEx is able to shorten the delivery time to the customer by one business day and the packages will be delivered to major cities in North America, Asia and Europe within the next business day. FedEx will provide next-business day delivery to major Asian cities as well, for existing service areas including Tsu City*, Kuwana City, Mie-gun Komono-cho, Kawagoe-cho, Asahi-cho,Yokkaichi City and Suzuka City, which were previously handled by Nagoya station. The cut-off time for same-day flight services is 2 p.m. (and as late as 4 p.m. in some areas).
Shipments from Kameyama Station are sent to Kansai International Airport, where they are loaded onto FedEx aircraft and delivered to major cities in North America, Asia and Europe within the next business day. Shipments from major cities in North America, Europe and Asia are delivered to customers in Japan the next business day, after arriving at Kansai International Airport and being cleared through customs and sorted.
*Some locations are excluded.
Read MoreDHL to expand in China through Sinotrans-Exel deal
Chinese logistics firm Sinotrans has sold its stake in Exel-Sinotrans Freight Forwarding Co. to DHL for USD 90 million, further expanding DHL’s reach in the Chinese logistics market.
The Exel-Sinotrans Freight Forwarding joint venture was establishing in 1996, according to a statement released by Sinotrans. The move is DHL’s latest expansion in the Chinese market. DHL in November announced it was spending USD 137 million to build a logistics hub in Shanghai.
In a recent interview with Purchasing, Tom Stanton, supply chain analyst at AFMS in Portland, Ore. said DHL is competing fiercely with U.S. rivals FedEx and UPS for market share in the Chinese market. “All three are investing heavily in China,” Stanton told Purchasing. “Each are developing better hubs and delivery services in the market. They are competing and serve a number of cities and are branding to the local Asian customers as well as the multi-nationals in Asia.”
Purchasing will do a deep-dive on the Asian logistics market in its January issue.
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